spelen

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See also: spellen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspeːlə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: spe‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spēlen.

Verb

spelen

  1. (intransitive) to play
  2. (transitive) to play (a game)
    Wat wil je spelen?
    What do you wish to play?
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to play (a musical instrument)
  4. (transitive) to play (a role)
Conjugation
Conjugation of spelen (weak)
infinitive spelen
past singular speelde
past participle gespeeld
infinitive spelen
gerund spelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular speel speelde
2nd person sing. (jij) speelt, speel2 speelde
2nd person sing. (u) speelt speelde
2nd person sing. (gij) speelt speelde
3rd person singular speelt speelde
plural spelen speelden
subjunctive sing.1 spele speelde
subjunctive plur.1 spelen speelden
imperative sing. speel
imperative plur.1 speelt
participles spelend gespeeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: speel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: pele
  • Negerhollands: speel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spelen

  1. plural of spel (“tournament”)
  2. an organised series of athletic or other entertaining competitive events, such as the Olympics or varied gladiatorial fights
Derived terms

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *spilon, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.

Verb

spēlen

  1. to play, to have fun
  2. to play a game
  3. to play (an instrument)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English spelian; equivalent to spale +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

Verb

spelen

  1. to save, hoard

Conjugation

Conjugation of spelen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) spelen, spele
present tense past tense
1st-person singular spele speled
2nd-person singular spelest speledest
3rd-person singular speleth speled
subjunctive singular spele
imperative singular —
plural1 spelen, spele speleden, spelede
imperative plural speleth, spele —
participles spelynge, spelende speled, yspeled

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

Swedish

Noun

spelen

  1. definite plural of spel

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