pennen

Danish

Noun

pennen c

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of pen

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛnən

Noun

pennen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of pen

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnən/

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Verb

1. (slang) to sleep

Derived terms

• Penner
• Penne
• verpennen

Further reading

• “pennen” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German pennen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpænən/
• Rhymes: -ænən

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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.

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English pennian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnən/

Verb

pennen

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of pennen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) pennen, penne
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	penne	penned
2nd-person singular	pennest	pennedest
3rd-person singular	penneth	penned
subjunctive singular	penne
imperative singular		—
plural1	pennen, penne	penneden, pennede
imperative plural	penneth, penne	—
participles	pennynge, pennende	penned, ypenned

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: (to) pen

References

• “pennen (v.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pennen m

1. definite singular of penn

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pennen m

1. definite singular of penn