penning

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

penning

1. present participle of pen

penning (plural pennings)

1. Writing; literary composition.

   the idle pennings of a poetic daydreamer

penning (plural pennings or penningar)

1. An old currency unit, the Swedish penning.

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.nɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: pen‧ning
• Rhymes: -ɛnɪŋ

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. (figuratively) money, cash.
4. (obsolete) coin.

• gedenkpenning
• penningmeester
• Schimmelpenninck

From Proto-Germanic *panningaz

penning m

1. penny

• Middle English: pani, peni, penie, peny
  • Scots: penny
  • English: penny, pence
    • → Norman: pénîn
• → Old Irish: pinginn, penginn (possibly from Old Norse)
  • Irish: pingin

From Old Norse penningr, from Proto-Germanic *panningaz

penning c

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

• peng

• penningbegär
• penningpung
• silverpenning