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penning.

coin or currency in use in Denmark until 1602

7 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpʰɛneŋ]
  1. coin or currency in use in Denmark until 1602

    common-gender · historical
Where this word comes from

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.

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