pennen

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Danish

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Noun

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pennen c

  1. definite singular of pen

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛnən

Noun

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pennen

  1. plural of pen

German

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Penne (dosshouse).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pennen (weak, third-person singular present pennt, past tense pennte, past participle gepennt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (slang) to sleep
  2. (slang, by extension) to be inattentive
    sie hat im Unterricht gepenntshe didn't pay attention in class

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • pennen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • pennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • pennen” in Duden online
  • pennen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German pennen.

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Verb

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pennen (third-person singular present pennt, past participle gepennt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial) to sleep, to kip

Conjugation

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Regular
infinitive pennen
participle gepennt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular pennen
2nd singular penns penn
3rd singular pennt
1st plural pennen
2nd plural pennt pennt
3rd plural pennen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English pennian (verb), penn (noun). See modern pen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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pennen

  1. To close in, trap
  2. To envelop, enclose
  3. To close, shut

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Descendants

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  • English: (to) pen

References

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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pennen m

  1. definite singular of penn

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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pennen m

  1. definite singular of penn