penni

Finnish

Etymology

Coined by Elias Lönnrot from penninki, from Swedish penning.

Noun

penni

1. One hundredth of a markka, the Finnish currency until the introduction of euro in 2002.

   Note: In Finnish the noun is in partitive singular after a cardinal number.

   viisikymmentä penniä

   fifty pennies

Declension

Declension of penni (type risti) singular plural nominative penni pennit genitive pennin pennien partitive penniä pennejä accusative penni pennin pennit inessive pennissä penneissä elative pennistä penneistä illative penniin penneihin adessive pennillä penneillä ablative penniltä penneiltä allative pennille penneille essive penninä penneinä translative penniksi penneiksi instructive – pennein abessive pennittä penneittä comitative – penneineen

Idiom

• penni ajatuksistasi = a penny for your thoughts

Anagrams

• nepin, penin, pinne

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Guernésiais

Etymology

From English penny.

Noun

penni m (plural pennis)

1. penny

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Latin penna (“feather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpʰɛnːɪ/

  Rhymes: -ɛnːɪ

Noun

penni m (genitive singular penna, plural pennar)

1. a pen

Declension

declension of penni

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	penni	penninn	pennar	pennarnir
accusative	penna	pennann	penna	pennana
dative	penna	pennanum	pennum	pennunum
genitive	penna	pennans	penna	pennanna

Derived terms

• blekpenni
• fjaðurpenni
• kúlupenni
• pennavinur