See also: spelen

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛ.lə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: spel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1 edit

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

Verb edit

spellen

  1. to spell
Inflection edit
Inflection of spellen (weak)
infinitive spellen
past singular spelde
past participle gespeld
infinitive spellen
gerund spellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spel spelde
2nd person sing. (jij) spelt spelde
2nd person sing. (u) spelt spelde
2nd person sing. (gij) spelt spelde
3rd person singular spelt spelde
plural spellen spelden
subjunctive sing.1 spelle spelde
subjunctive plur.1 spellen spelden
imperative sing. spel
imperative plur.1 spelt
participles spellend gespeld
1) Archaic.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Afrikaans: spel
  • Caribbean Javanese: sepèlan
  • Indonesian: sepel
  • Papiamentu: spèl, spellen (dated)

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

spellen

  1. plural of spel (game in general)

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

spellen

  1. to explain
  2. to spell, to predict
  3. to mean, to indicate
  4. to spell (a word)

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants edit

Further reading edit