penning

See also: Penning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛnɪŋ/
  • (pin–pen merger) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪnɪŋ/
  • Homophone: pinning (pin–pen merger)
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪŋ

Etymology 1

Verb

penning

1. present participle and gerund of pen

Noun

penning (plural pennings)

1. Writing; literary composition.

   the idle pennings of a poetic daydreamer

Etymology 2

Noun

penning (plural pennings or penningar)

1. (historical) An old currency unit, the Swedish penning.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish pænning, Old Norse peningr, borrowed from Old Saxon penning or Old English penning, peniġ, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz (“coin”). Cognate with English penny and German Pfennig.

This word is the source of the common word for "money" in modern Scandinavian, see penge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰɛneŋ]

Noun

penning c (singular definite penningen, plural indefinite penninge)

1. (historical) coin or currency in use in Denmark until 1602

Declension

Declension of penning

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	penning	penningen	penninge	penningene
genitive	pennings	penningens	penninges	penningenes

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.nɪŋ/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pen‧ning
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch penninc, from Old Dutch pennink, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

penning m (plural penningen, diminutive penninkje n)

1. (historical) a small coin, usually made of silver but later also of gold; penny
2. a medal or commemoration coin
3. (figurative) money, cash
4. (obsolete) coin

Derived terms

• erepenning
• gedenkpenning
• judaspenning
• penningkruid
• penningmeester
• Schimmelpenninck
• steekpenning

Descendants

• Negerhollands: penning
• → Indonesian: péning
• → Papiamentu: penning

Etymology 2

From pennen +‎ -ing.

Noun

penning f (plural penningen, no diminutive)

1. (chess) pin, pinning

Old English

Alternative forms

• pending, pæning, pening, pæniġ, peniġ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *panning, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpen.ninɡ/, [ˈpen.niŋɡ]

Noun

penning m

1. penny
   • Laws of King Ine

     Oxan horn bið X pæninga weorð.

     The worth of an ox's horn is ten pennies.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	penning	penningas
accusative	penning	penningas
genitive	penninges	penninga
dative	penninge	penningum

Descendants

• Middle English: peny, peni, pene, peney, penny, peyne (Late Middle English), pani, pany (especially East Saxon or West Midland), peninnꟑ (Ormulum)
  • English: penny (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: penny
    • Scots: penny
• → Old Irish: pinginn, penginn (possibly from Old Norse)
  • Irish: pingin
• → Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: penique

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse penningr, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz. Cognate with English penny.

Noun

penning c

1. a coin, a penny
2. money, cash

Declension

Declension of penning

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	penning	pennings
	definite	penningen	penningens
plural	indefinite	penningar	penningars
	definite	penningarna	penningarnas

Synonyms

• peng

Derived terms

• blodspenning
• dagpenning
• föräldrapenning
• handpenning
• penningbegär
• penningbelopp
• penninggäldenär
• penninglån
• penningplacering
• penningpolitik
• penningpolitisk
• penningpung
• penningstark
• penningstinn
• penningsumma
• penningtvätt
• penningvälde
• penningvärde
• silverpenning
• sjukpenning

Descendants

• → Finnish: penninki, penni