pennt

[pɛnt]

/[pɛnt]/ verb

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The verdict

“pennt” is uncommon German (frequency #63,636 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,636
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pennen

Corpus desk

Index DE-pennt · pennt · German

pennt · rank #63,636 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,636
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH Pensionskasse

Nearest frequency peer: Pensionskasse (+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 „pennt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pennt
PropertyValue
Headwordpennt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɛnt]
Letters5
Frequency rank#63,636
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „pennt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.penntfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Pensionskasse“ (#63,637), „Pauke“ (#63,634), „Personenkult“ (#63,638). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „pennt“ bei #63,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pennt is uncommon German at frequency #63,636 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɛnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for pennt in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is pennt, spelled P-E-N-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pennen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pennen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pennen

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 "pennt"?
"pennt" is spelled P-E-N-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [pɛnt].
What does "pennt" mean?
As a verb, "pennt" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs pennen
How do you pronounce "pennt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pennt" is [pɛnt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pennt" come from?
"pennt" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Pauke#63,634Pagen#63,624pusch#63,671riech#63,703

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list