"Penner" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛnɐ/ Audio: De-Penner.ogg
Etymology: pennen (“sleep”) + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|pennen|er|t1=sleep}} pennen (“sleep”) + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Penner m (strong, genitive Penners, plural Penner) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Penners [genitive], Penner [plural], strong [table-tags], Penner [nominative, singular], Penner [definite, nominative, plural], Penners [genitive, singular], Penner [definite, genitive, plural], Penner [dative, singular], Pennern [dative, definite, plural], Penner [accusative, singular], Penner [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (colloquial, derogatory) bum (homeless person; lazy, incompetent) Tags: colloquial, derogatory, masculine, strong Synonyms: Obdachloser
    Sense id: en-Penner-de-noun-h5gYjbfY Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) jerk, annoying person Tags: colloquial, derogatory, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Penner-de-noun-DKsonUNK Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Inflected forms

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