spille

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• spelle (scattered variant)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpilə/

Verb

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

1. (most dialects) to play

Related terms

• Spill

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spelə/, [ˈsb̥elə]

Verb

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

Inflection

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	—

Derived terms

• afspille
• nedspille
• overspille
• spilledåse
• spillemand
• spillemaskine
• spille op
• spille pik
• spiller
• spille ud
• udspille

 

Noun

spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)

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

Inflection

Declension of spille

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

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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
• utspille

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.