pennen
Danish
editNoun
editpennen c
Dutch
editPronunciation
editNoun
editpennen
German
editEtymology
editPerhaps from Penne (“dosshouse”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpennen (weak, third-person singular present pennt, past tense pennte, past participle gepennt, auxiliary haben)
- (slang) to sleep
- (slang, by extension) to be inattentive
- sie hat im Unterricht gepennt ― she didn't pay attention in class
Conjugation
editinfinitive | pennen | ||||
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present participle | pennend | ||||
past participle | gepennt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich penne | wir pennen | i | ich penne | wir pennen |
du pennst | ihr pennt | du pennest | ihr pennet | ||
er pennt | sie pennen | er penne | sie pennen | ||
preterite | ich pennte | wir pennten | ii | ich pennte1 | wir pennten1 |
du penntest | ihr penntet | du penntest1 | ihr penntet1 | ||
er pennte | sie pennten | er pennte1 | sie pennten1 | ||
imperative | penn (du) penne (du) |
pennt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editpennen (third-person singular present pennt, past participle gepennt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to sleep, to kip
Conjugation
editRegular | ||
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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
editEtymology
editFrom Old English pennian (verb), penn (noun). See modern pen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editpennen
Conjugation
editConjugation of pennen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
edit- English: (to) pen
References
edit- “pennen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-27.
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editpennen m
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editpennen m
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