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Danish
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German spil.
Noun
spil n (singular definite spillet, plural indefinite spil)
- A game.
- A box of equipment and such used for a game.
- A specific part of a game, such as a round or level.
- Conditions or limits of a game.
- A sport.
- An instance resulting in the play of a sport, such as a result of who won or lost.
- The act of playing music, singing.
- Parts of a body being used in a fast manner.
- A reflex, often a seizure.
- A theatrical performance featuring actors, a play.
- An actor's improvisation.
- indefinite plural of spil
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Etymology 2
From Middle Low German spille, from Old High German spinnil.
Noun
spil n (singular definite spillet, plural indefinite spil)
- A winch.
Inflection
Etymology 3
See spile.
Verb
spil
- imperative of spile
Etymology 4
See spille.
Verb
spil
- imperative of spille
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch spille, from Old Dutch spilla. Equivalent to spinnen + -el.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spɪl/
- Hyphenation: spil
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Noun
spil f (plural spillen, diminutive spilletje n)
- an axis
- Synonym: as
- a key figure
- (soccer) a central midfielder
- 1949 March 21, "„G.V.B.”-selecties presteerden niet veel", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, page 6.
Noch aan de ene, noch aan de andere kant is sprake geweest van een „vierkant“ en in feite kwam het er op neer, dat aan beide zijden de spil als derde back fungeerde, terwijl van enige man-dekking geen sprake was.- Neither on one, nor on the other side was there ever any "square" formation involved and it actually boiled down to that on both sides the central midfielder functioned like a third defender, while there was not any marking involved.
- Synonym: mid-mid
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Icelandic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
spil n (genitive singular spils, nominative plural spil)
- game (with some sort of equipment such as playing cards or a board, usually not on a large scale)
- playing card
- (uncountable) play, playing (the act of playing, also music)
- winch, windlass
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English spillan.
Verb
spil
- Alternative form of spillen
Etymology 2
From spilen or an Old English *spil.
Noun
spil
- Alternative form of spile
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
spil m or f (definite singular spilen or spila, indefinite plural spilar or spiler, definite plural spilane or spilene)
- Alternative form of spile
Verb
spil
- imperative of spile
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