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pennings

/ˈpɛnɪŋz/

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pin pen merger/ˈpɪnɪŋz/

pennings is the plural of penning.

Meaning of penning

Noun (1)

penning (plural pennings)

  1. Writing; literary composition.
    • the idle pennings of a poetic daydreamer

Noun (2)

penning (plural pennings or penningar)

  1. (historical) An old currency unit, the Swedish penning.

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Proper noun capitalized: Pennings

Pennings (plural Penningses)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Forms of pennings

pluralPenningses

Origin of pennings

Borrowed from Dutch Pennings.

Words that rhyme with pennings

Questions about pennings

What does pennings mean?
Pennings means a surname from Dutch.
What is pennings the plural of?
Pennings is the plural of penning.
What part of speech is pennings?
Pennings is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pennings?
Pennings is pronounced /ˈpɛnɪŋz/.

Words near pennings in the dictionary

  1. penning in
  2. Penning trap
  3. Penning traps
  4. penning up
  5. penningar
  6. pennings
  7. Penningses
  8. Pennington
  9. Pennington County
  10. Penningtons
  11. Penninic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pennings (page history and authors); Pennings (page history and authors); penning (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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