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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German spelen, from Old Saxon *spilōn, 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

Conjugation

Conjugation of spille

active passive present spiller spilles past spillede spilledes infinitive spille spilles imperative spil — participle present spillende past spillet (auxiliary verb have) gerund spillen

Derived terms

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

Noun

spille c (singular definite spillen, plural indefinite spiller)

1. (rare) 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

Gothic

Romanization

spillē

1. romanization of 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌴

Italian

Noun

spille f

1. plural of spilla

Anagrams

• psille, spelli

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English spillan.

Verb

spille

1. alternative form of spillen

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.

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.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspil.le/, [ˈspiɫ.ɫe]

Verb

spille

1. inflection of spillan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive