spil
See also: špil
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German spil.
Noun edit
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
Inflection edit
Declension of spil
Derived terms edit
- brætspil (“board game”)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German spille, from Old High German spinnil.
Noun edit
spil n (singular definite spillet, plural indefinite spil)
- A winch.
Inflection edit
Declension of spil
Etymology 3 edit
See spile.
Verb edit
spil
- imperative of spile
Etymology 4 edit
See spille.
Verb edit
spil
- imperative of spille
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch spille, from Old Dutch spilla. Equivalent to spinnen + -el.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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
- 1949 March 21, "„G.V.B.”-selecties presteerden niet veel", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, page 6.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: spil
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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
Declension edit
declension of spil
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “spil” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English spillan.
Verb edit
spil
- Alternative form of spillen
Etymology 2 edit
From spilen or an Old English *spil.
Noun edit
spil
- Alternative form of spile
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
spil m or f (definite singular spilen or spila, indefinite plural spilar or spiler, definite plural spilane or spilene)
- Alternative form of spile
Verb edit
spil
- imperative of spile