spille
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
- spelle (scattered variant)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German spilen, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spille (third-person singular present spillt, past participle jespillt or gespillt)
- (most dialects) to play
Related terms edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German spelen, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn, cognate with German spielen (Swedish spela is also from Low German).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
spille (past tense spillede, past participle spillet)
- to play (music, a game, in a theatrical performance)
- to gamble, play a game
- (intransitive) to move quickly (e.g. with the muscles, the tongue)
- (intransitive) to flicker, sparkle
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | spille | spillen | spiller | spillerne |
genitive | spilles | spillens | spillers | spillernes |
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
spillē
- Romanization of 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴
Italian edit
Noun edit
spille f
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English spillan.
Verb edit
spille
- Alternative form of spillen
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Low German spelen.
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
spille (imperative spill, present tense spiller, passive spilles, simple past spilte, past participle spilt, present participle spillende)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- spill (noun)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
spille (inflections as above)
References edit
- “spille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
spille (present tense spiller, past tense spilte, past participle spilt, passive infinitive spillast, present participle spillande, imperative spill)
References edit
- “spille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.