spille

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German spilen, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.

Pronunciation

Verb

spille (third-person singular present spillt, past participle jespillt or gespillt)

  1. (most dialects) to play

Related terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German spelen, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn, cognate with German spielen (Swedish spela is also from Low German).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /spelə/,

Verb

spille (past tense spillede, past participle spillet)

  1. to play (music, a game, in a theatrical performance)
  2. to gamble, play a game
  3. (intransitive) to move quickly (e.g. with the muscles, the tongue)
  4. (intransitive) to flicker, sparkle

Conjugation

Inflection of spille
present past
simple spiller spillede
perfect har spillet havde spillet
passive spilles spilledes
participle spillende spillet
imperative spil —
infinitive spille —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund spillen —

Derived terms

Noun

spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)

  1. (rare) music player (any device that can play music)

Declension

Declension of spille
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spille spillen spiller spillerne
genitive spilles spillens spillers spillernes

Gothic

Romanization

spillē

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴

Italian

Noun

spille f

  1. plural of spilla

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English spillan.

Verb

spille

  1. Alternative form of spillen

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German spelen.

Alternative forms

Verb

spille (imperative spill, present tense spiller, passive spilles, simple past spilte, past participle spilt, present participle spillende)

  1. to play (a sport)
  2. to play (a musical instrument)
  3. spille inn (music etc.) to record (something)
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse spilla.

Verb

spille (inflections as above)

  1. to spill, slop
  2. to waste

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse spilla.

Verb

spille (present tense spiller, past tense spilte, past participle spilt, passive infinitive spillast, present participle spillande, imperative spill)

  1. to spill, slop
  2. to waste

References

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