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spille

Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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

  1. (most dialects) to play
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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /spelə/, [ˈsb̥elə]

Verb

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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

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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 —

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Noun

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spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)

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

Declension

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

Gothic

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Romanization

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spillē

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴

Italian

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Noun

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spille f

  1. plural of spilla

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English spillan.

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spille

  1. Alternative form of spillen

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /spil.le/, [ˈspɪl.lə]

Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German spelen.

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Verb

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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)
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Etymology 2

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From Old Norse spilla.

Verb

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spille (inflections as above)

  1. to spill, slop
  2. to waste

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse spilla.

Verb

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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

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