pen – Dutch noun declension

Noun: pen
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:

Sg.	pen
Pl.	pennen

Sample Sentences

Nouns inflected like pen

bestelbon, verzetsman, groothertogin, slavin, actieplan, zebraspin, openingszin, bootsman, gezellin, koffiekan, akkerman, kroontjespen, bouwman, krijgsman, snelkookpan, informatiebron, feetiran, grietman, kraanman, hoerenwaardin, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch penne, from Old French penne, from Latin penna (“feather”), from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ ~ pth₂én- (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to rush, fly”), root of *petra-, whence Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”, whence pterosauriër), and also of Sanskrit पत्रम् (patram, “wing, feather”), Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “pen”), Old Norse fjǫðr, Old Dutch fethera (Modern Dutch veer, veder); note the /p/ → /f/ Germanic sound change. See: Latin Nouns 'penna', Ancient Greek Nouns 'πτερόν', Old Norse Nouns 'fjǫðr'.

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