# das Pensum

das Pensum is a German noun meaning “workload”. Forms: des Pensums, die Pensen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Pensums
- Plural: die Pensen

## In other languages

- Русский: задание, обязанность

## Meanings

1. An allotted task.
2. The prescribed workload to be completed in a given period of time.
3. _archaic_ Material to be learned at school.
4. workload
   - Wenn er morgens an das Pensum an Arbeit denkt, das ihn wieder erwartet, möchte er am liebsten gar nicht aufstehen.

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