See Penny on Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "m,,Pence"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German entries with incorrect language header",
"German lemmas",
"German masculine nouns",
"German nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"penny"
],
"links": [
[
"penny",
"penny"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "De-Penny.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/ac/De-Penny.ogg/De-Penny.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/De-Penny.ogg",
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
}
],
"word": "Penny"
}
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