pennen
German, verb/ˈpɛnən/
pennen is spelled P-E-N-N-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pennen is a German verb meaning “to sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlafen”.
What does pennen mean in English?
verb
- 1
slangto sleep
- 2
slangto be inattentive
sie hat im Unterricht gepennt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schlafen 2. nicht aufpassen, unaufmerksam sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pennen
- pennt present singular third-person
- pennte past
- gepennt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- pennend participle present
- penne first-person indicative present
- pennst indicative present second-person
- pennest second-person singular subjunctive
- pennet plural second-person subjunctive
- pennten first-person indicative plural
- penntest indicative preterite second-person
- penntet indicative plural preterite
- penn imperative second-person singular
- habe gepennt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gepennt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- penne! imperative singular
- pennt! imperative plural
- gepennt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pennen?
- /ˈpɛnən/
- [ˈpɛnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pennen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pennen in German?
pennen appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).