spille

Danish

Noun

spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)

1. A music player, any device that can play music.

Declension

Declension of spille

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

Verb

spille (imperative spil, infinitive at spille, present tense spiller, past tense spillede, perfect tense har spillet)

1. to play (music, a game, in a theatrical performance)
2. to move one's body, or a specific part of it, back and forth.

Usage notes

The second sense sometimes has a sexual meaning, especially used to mean the stroking of a penis, see also spille pik.

Conjugation

Inflection of spille

imperative	spil		infinitive	spille
present tense	spiller		past tense	spillede
auxiliary verb	have		past participle	spillet
perfect tense	har spillet		pluperfect tense	havde spillet
present participle	spillende		gerund	spillen
passive	spilles		passive past	spilledes

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Gothic

Romanization

spillē

1. Romanization of 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴

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Italian

Noun

spille f

1. plural of spilla

Anagrams

• spelli

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Middle English

Etymology

From Old English spillan.

Verb

spille

1. Alternative form of spillen

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spil.le/, [ˈspɪl.lə]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German spelen.

Alternative forms

• spelle

Verb

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)

Derived terms

• innspilling
• spilleautomat
• spillemann

Related terms

• spill (noun)

Etymology 2

From Old Norse spilla

Verb

spille (inflections as above)

1. to spill, slop
2. to waste

References

• “spille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse spilla

Verb

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

References

• “spille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.