Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Pein (Moselle Franconian)
• Ping (Kölsch)

Noun

Peng f ‎(no plural)

1. (Ripuarian) pain

   Saach mer drei Saache, die wiehdonn! — ? — Meng Peng, deng Peng on em Schäng seng Peng.

   Tell me three things that hurt! — ? — My pain, your pain, and John’s pain, too. (Humorous example of “Ripuarian Chinese”.)

English

Adjective

peng ‎(comparative penger, superlative pengest)

1. (slang, Britain) physically or sexually attractive

Synonyms

• fit
• hot

Albanian

Etymology

Nasalized form *pank'-u, from Proto-Albanian *pangi that results the final umlauted form peng. Possibly a derivative of mpij (cf. brej > breng, faj > fengem etc). Cognate to Old English fang. Alternatively from Latin pignus.

Noun

peng m (indefinite plural pengje, definite singular pengu, definite plural pengjet)

1. mortgage, guarantee, guaranty
2. hostage, pledge
3. obstacle, hindrance, hurdle
4. ransom
5. (chess) pawn

Related terms

• mpij

Derived terms

• pengë

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeic (sound-imitative) stem +‎ -g ‎(“frequentative suffix”). ^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛŋɡ]
• Hyphenation: peng

Verb

peng

1. (intransitive) to ring, jingle (to give out a loud, resonant sound as when striking together two pieces of metal)
2. (intransitive, of musical instrument) to twang

Conjugation

Derived terms

• pengés
• penget
• pengő

References

1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Mandarin

Romanization

peng

1. Nonstandard spelling of pēng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of péng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of pěng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of pèng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛŋɡ/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

peng m ‎(definite singular pengen, indefinite plural pengar, definite plural pengane)

1. Alternative form of penge

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse peningr and pengr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛŋ/

Noun

peng c

1. a coin
2. (mostly in plural) money

   Du ska få en peng när du fyller

   You'll get money for your birthday

   Nyutbildade får inga pengar till semester

   Graduates get no money for vacation

   Pengarna eller livet!

   The money or your life!

Declension

Usage notes

• The first sample sentence (Du ska få en peng) gives evidence of a rare exception where the singular of peng is used to mean money, and not a coin. Another example is veckopeng/månadspeng, meaning weekly/monthly allowance. However, compounds are formed with the ancient plural genitive penga-.

Related terms

coin

• guldpeng
• pengapung
• pengapåse

money

• fickpengar
• månadspeng
• pengabrist
• pengaflöde
• pengastinn
• skattepengar
• småpengar
• veckopeng

Synonyms

coin

• mynt
• penning
• slant

money

• bagis
• deg
• kontanter
• kosing
• medel
• tillgångar

References

• peng in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)