peen
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /piːn/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Etymology 1
Probably from a North Germanic source, compare dialectal Norwegian penn (“peen”), Danish pind (“peg”), German Pinne (“the peen of a hammer”), Old Swedish pæna (“to pound iron with a hammer”).
Noun

peen (plural peens)
- The (often spherical) end of the head of a hammer opposite the main hammering end.
Translations
Verb
peen (third-person singular simple present peens, present participle peening, simple past and past participle peened)
Derived terms
- chisel peen
- cross peen
- peen over
- point peen
See also
Etymology 2
Clipping of penis, with the spelling changed to maintain the original pronunciation.
Noun
peen (plural peens)
- (slang) Penis.
- 2009, Danny Evans, Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it Takes Balls to Go Nuts, New American Library, published 2009, →ISBN:
- With all due respect (and that may be very little), the real truth is that being a dad is sometimes an imposition of pain far worse than any up-the-peen catheter could ever deliver.
- 2010, Andrea Lavinthal; Jessica Rozler, Your So-Called Life: A Guide to Boys, Body Issues, and Other Big-Girl Drama You Thought You Would Have Figured Out By Now, Harper, published 2010, →ISBN, page 32:
- Where to touch a man that will drive him wild every time (Hint: It's probably his peen.)
- 2012, Fanny Merkin; Andrew Shaffer, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey: A Parody, Da Capo Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 49:
- It's so quiet you could hear a peen go soft.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:peen.
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Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:penis.
Basque
Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
Originally the plural of pee, perhaps from Middle Dutch *pede, with plural peden (with a single attestation), of uncertain origin. Compare schoen and teen, also originally plurals but later singulars. Proposed cognates include English pith and French pied.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peːn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: peen
- Rhymes: -eːn
Derived terms
- bospeen
- waspeen
- wilde peen
- winterpeen
References
- Henk Glas, "Onkruiden herkennen", 2010, Baarn, Tirion Uitgevers, →ISBN, pp. 125-126.
Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *peeni. Cognate with Finnish pieni.
Adjective
peen (genitive peene, partitive peent, comparative peenem, superlative kõige peenem)
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | peen | peened |
| accusative | peene | peened |
| genitive | peene | peente |
| partitive | peent | peeni |
| illative | peende peenesse |
peentesse peenisse |
| inessive | peenes | peentes peenis |
| elative | peenest | peentest peenist |
| allative | peenele | peentele peenile |
| adessive | peenel | peentel peenil |
| ablative | peenelt | peentelt peenilt |
| translative | peeneks | peenteks peeniks |
| terminative | peeneni | peenteni |
| essive | peenena | peentena |
| abessive | peeneta | peenteta |
| comitative | peenega | peentega |
Derived terms
- peenendama
- peenestama
- peenike
- peenus
Finnish
Ingrian
Pronunciation
- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈpeːn/, [ˈpeːn]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈpeːn/, [ˈpe̝ːn]
- Rhymes: -eːn
- Hyphenation: peen
Adjective
peen (comparative peenemp)
- Alternative form of peeni
- 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 40:
- Peen tulo saatii siint pellost.
- A small income was received from this field.
- 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:
- A et oo peen?
- And aren't you [too] young [for that]?
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Declension
| Declension of peen (type 5/keeli, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | peen | peenet |
| genitive | peenen | peeniin, peenilöin |
| partitive | peentä, peent | peeniä, peenilöjä |
| illative | peenee | peenii, peenilöihe |
| inessive | peenees | peeniis, peenilöis |
| elative | peenest | peenist, peenilöist |
| allative | peenelle | peenille, peenilöille |
| adessive | peeneel | peeniil, peenilöil |
| ablative | peenelt | peenilt, peenilöilt |
| translative | peeneks | peeniks, peenilöiks |
| essive | peenennä, peeneen | peeninnä, peenilöinnä, peeniin, peenilöin |
| exessive1) | peenent | peenint, peenilöint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||