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spel

Afrikaans edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Dutch spel, from Middle Dutch spel.

Noun edit

spel (plural spele)

  1. game, play

Etymology 2 edit

From Dutch spellen, from Middle Dutch spellen, from Old Dutch *spellon, from Proto-Germanic *spellōną.

Verb edit

spel (present spel, present participle spellende, past participle gespel)

  1. (transitive) to spell

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From a Vulgar Latin root *experlavō, from Late Latin perlavō, from Latin lavō (“to wash”). Compare Romanian spăla, spăl, and also Albanian shpëlaj.

Verb edit

spel first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative spealã, past participle spilatã)

  1. to wash
  2. (reflexive, mi-spel) to wash oneself

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Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

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  • IPA(key): /spɛl/
  • Hyphenation: spel
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch spel, from Old Dutch *spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.

Noun edit

spel n (plural spellen or spelen, diminutive spelletje n)

  1. game
  2. playing (e.g. of a musical instrument)
Usage notes edit

The plural form spellen is used referring to

  • several repetitions of one kind of game (sets, rounds, matches)
Na enkele denkspellen gespeeld te hebben, kon hij niet meer helder nadenken. – After having played a few thinking games he could no longer think clearly.
  • the physical accessories needed for particular games
Ik heb thuis drie gezelschapspellen liggen. – I have three board games at home.

The plural form spelen is used referring to

  • different kinds of games
Speel je graag gezelschapspelen? – Do you like to play board games?
Hij blinkt uit in denkspelen. – He excels at thinking games.
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  • Afrikaans: spel

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

spel

  1. inflection of spellen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Megleno-Romanian edit

Etymology edit

From a Vulgar Latin root *experlavō, from Late Latin perlavō, from Latin lavō (“I wash”). Compare Aromanian aspel, Romanian spăla, spăl.

Verb edit

spel

  1. I wash.

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology 1 edit

From the verbs spela and spele, from Middle Low German spil (“noun”), spelen (“verb”).

Noun edit

spel n (definite singular spelet, indefinite plural spel, definite plural spela)

  1. a game
  2. play, playing
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Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

spel

  1. imperative of spela

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Noun edit

spel n

  1. Alternative form of spell

Declension edit

Declension of spel (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative spel spel
accusative spel spel
genitive spelles spella
dative spelle spellum

Swedish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Swedish spil, from Middle Low German spil and Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

spel n

  1. a play, a game; a person's or animal's happy, joyous movement or entertainment; activity for amusement only; a pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment
    lek och spel
    fun and games
    orrarnas spel
    the courtship game of the grouse
  2. the accessories used for an entertaining or amusing pursuit; such as a board game
  3. an instance of gambling
  4. acting; the performance of an actor in a work of drama
  5. play, playing; the performance of someone who plays something, such as a musician, a sportsman or player of games
  6. play, slack; the unwanted movement of a mechanical part e.g. due to not being fastened or tightened sufficiently
  7. (chiefly in compounds) a rapid switching between different things
Declension edit
Declension of spel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spel spelet spel spelen
Genitive spels spelets spels spelens
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Etymology 2 edit

Old Swedish spill, from Middle Low German spille, from Old Saxon spinnila, from Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu, cognate with German Spindel and English spindle.

With time, the Swedish word has adopted the declension pattern of spel in Etymology 1. Note that spindel is also a Swedish word.

Noun edit

spel n

  1. a winch
Declension edit
Declension of spel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative spel spelet spel spelen
Genitive spels spelets spels spelens
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Volapük edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

spel (nominative plural spels)

  1. hope

Declension edit

declension of spel
singular plural
nominative spel spels
genitive spela spelas
dative spele speles
accusative speli spelis
vocative 1 o spel! o spels!
predicative 2 spelu spelus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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