Noun: penning
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | penning |
| Sg. definite | penningen |
| Pl. indefinite | penninge |
| Pl. definite | penningene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | pennings |
| Sg. definite | penningens |
| Pl. indefinite | penninges |
| Pl. definite | penningenes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like penning
tøsedreng,
følgesvend,
skjald,
islænding,
hvirvelstorm,
dyreelsker,
paletkniv,
bededag,
belizer,
bestand,
hobbykniv,
foldekniv,
navlestreng,
abebestand,
rullestol,
pn-overgang,
rødstjert,
trækkerdreng,
baggård,
fedterøv, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. 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.
2. This word is the source of the common word for "money" in modern Scandinavian, see penge. See: Old Norse Nouns '
peningr', Old English Nouns '
penning', English Nouns '
penny', German Nouns '
Pfennig'.
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