penning
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛnɪŋ/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɪnɪŋ/
- Homophone: pinning (pin–pen merger)
- Rhymes: -ɛnɪŋ
Verb
penning
- present participle of pen
Noun
penning (plural pennings)
- Writing; literary composition.
- the idle pennings of a poetic daydreamer
Noun
penning (plural pennings or penningar)
- 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)
- (historical) coin or currency in use in Denmark until 1602
Inflection
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | penning | penningen | penninge | penningene |
| genitive | pennings | penningens | penninges | penningenes |
Dutch
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.nɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pen‧ning
- Rhymes: -ɛnɪŋ
Noun
penning m (plural penningen, diminutive penninkje n)
- (historical) A small coin, usually made of silver but later also of gold; penny.
- A medal or commemoration coin.
- (figuratively) money, cash.
- (obsolete) coin.
Derived terms
- gedenkpenning
- penningmeester
- Schimmelpenninck
Descendants
- Negerhollands: penning
- → Indonesian: péning
- → Papiamentu: penning
Old English
Alternative forms
- pending, pæning, pening, pæniġ, peniġ
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *panningaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpen.ninɡ/, [ˈpen.niŋɡ]
Noun
penning m
- penny
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | penning | penningas |
| accusative | penning | penningas |
| genitive | penninges | penninga |
| dative | penninge | penningum |
Descendants
- Middle English: peny, pani, paniȝe, peni, penie, pening
- English: penny, pence (see there for further descendants)
- 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
- a coin, a penny
- money, cash
Declension
| Declension of penning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | penning | penningen | penningar | penningarna |
| Genitive | pennings | penningens | penningars | 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