Penne

[ˈpɛnə]

/[ˈpɛnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Penne” is uncommon German (frequency #55,602 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,602
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - salopper bis oft leicht negativer Ausdruck für eine (höhere) Schule

Corpus desk

Index DE-penne · Penne · German

Penne · rank #55,602 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,602
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH penguin

Nearest frequency peer: penguin (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Penne“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Penne“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Penne
PropertyValue
HeadwordPenne
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɛnə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,602
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Penne“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Pennefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „penguin“ (#55,601), „Petershagen“ (#55,603), „pelikan“ (#55,600). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „Penne“ bei #55,602. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Penne is uncommon German at frequency #55,602 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpɛnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Penne in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Penne, spelled P-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    salopper bis oft leicht negativer Ausdruck für eine (höhere) Schule
  2. 2
    Notunterkunft für die Nacht
  3. 3
    Prostituierte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Penne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. In diesem Gebäude war meine alte Penne.
  2. „Er dachte auch daran, wie der alte Mann tagaus, tagein auf seinen Bock stieg, um ein paar Mark nach Hause zu bringen – aber das Schulgeld, alles, was Heinz für die Penne brauchte, wurde stets klaglos gezahlt.“

This word in other languages

lycée(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Penne"?
"Penne" is spelled P-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɛnə].
What does "Penne" mean?
As a noun, "Penne" means: salopper bis oft leicht negativer Ausdruck für eine (höhere) Schule
How do you pronounce "Penne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Penne" is [ˈpɛnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Penne" come from?
"Penne" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Penne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Piotr#55,611prüde#55,631Meise#55,544Mamis#55,532

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list