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# {{lb|de|countable}} a [[game]] {{gloss|instance or way of playing}}
# {{lb|de|countable}} a [[game]] {{gloss|game example or method}}
# {{lb|de|uncountable}} [[gameplay]], the experience or act of [[playing]]
# {{lb|de|uncountable}} [[gameplay]], the experience or act of [[playing]]
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Revision as of 07:31, 20 December 2021

See also: spiel

German

Spiel

Etymology

From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“dance”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl
  • audio (Austria):(file)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Spiel n (genitive Spiels or Spieles, plural Spiele, diminutive Spielchen n)

  1. (countable) a game (game example or method)
  2. (uncountable) gameplay, the experience or act of playing
    Synonym: Spielen
    im Spiel ― at play
  3. (uncountable, mechanics or figurative) leeway; wiggle room
    Der Personaler sagte mir, beim Gehalt sei noch Spiel nach oben.
    The HR guy told me there was some leeway for a higher salary.
  4. (Switzerland) military band, marching band

Usage notes

  • German Spiel and especially its diminutive Spielchen are also used for an unstraightforward way of acting or maneuvering, as in Lass dich nicht auf seine Spielchen ein! (“Don’t get involved in his little games!”) The German word does not, however, have the specific sense of English spiel (“lengthy, persuasive speech”).

Declension

Template:de-decl-noun-n

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Spiel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Spiel” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Spiel n (plural Spiel)

  1. game, play

Derived terms

Further reading

Plautdietsch

Noun

Spiel f (plural Spielen)

  1. pinfeather
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