spillen

Danish

Noun

spillen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of spille

Verb

spillen

1. gerund of spille
   • 2016, Maksim Gorkij, Mellem fremmede, Bechs Forlag - Viatone →ISBN

     ... omend de naturligvis grinede ham ud for hans snakken og hans evige spillen kort.

     ... although they obviously laughed at him for his talking and eternal playing cards.

   • 2010, Kirsten Thorup, Førkrigstid, Gyldendal A/S →ISBN

     Hun er fyldt til randen med hans halvkvædede viser, hans spillen hasard med deres godmodighed.

     She is fed up with his half-finished songs, his gambling with their kindness.

   • 2013, Jakob Levinsen, Helte og hobbitter - Tolkien og hans verden, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     ... og med Mordors spillen på det latinske »Mors«, død, er det præcis den virkning hos læseren, der bliver udnyttet her.

     ... and with Mordor playing on Latin »Mors«, death, this is precisely the effect with the reader that is used here.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spilden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪ.lə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: spil‧len
• Rhymes: -ɪlən

Verb

spillen

1. (transitive) to waste, to spend vainly or profligately

   Synonym: verspillen

2. (transitive, dated) to spend, to use
3. (transitive) to spill

   Synonym: morsen

Inflection

Conjugation of spillen (weak)
infinitive	spillen
past singular	spilde
past participle	gespild
infinitive	spillen
gerund	spillen n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	spil	spilde
2nd person sing. (jij)	spilt, spil2	spilde
2nd person sing. (u)	spilt	spilde
2nd person sing. (gij)	spilt	spilde
3rd person singular	spilt	spilde
plural	spillen	spilden
subjunctive sing.1	spille	spilde
subjunctive plur.1	spillen	spilden
imperative sing.	spil
imperative plur.1	spilt
participles	spillend	gespild
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

• spilgraag
• spiller
• spillig
• spilpenning
• spilziek
• spilziekte
• spilzucht
• verspillen

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German spilōn, from Proto-Germanic *spilōną. Cognate with German spielen, Dutch spelen, English speel, Icelandic spila, Faroese spæla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpilən/
• Rhymes: -ilən

Verb

spillen (third-person singular present spillt, past participle gespillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to play

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	spillen
participle	gespillt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	spillen	—
2nd singular	spills	spill
3rd singular	spillt	—
1st plural	spillen	—
2nd plural	spillt	spillt
3rd plural	spillen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ausspillen
• ëmspillen
• erofspillen
• iwwerspillen

• matspillen
• nospillen
• ofspillen
• opspillen

• uspillen
• verspillen
• virspillen
• zouspillen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• spylle, spille, spyl, spil, spyll, spill, spilden, spyllyn

Etymology

From Old English spillan, from Proto-Germanic *spilþijaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspilən/

Verb

spillen

1. To slaughter, eliminate; to cause the death of.
2. To pass away; to face death or the end of life.
3. To demolish, liquidate, or ruin; to make barren or turn into wasteland.
4. To extirpate, or extinguish; to totally ruin.
5. To smash, split, or sunder.
6. To disappear; to be demolished or smashed.
7. To cause disorder and chaos; to wreck or totally damage (usually used figuratively)
8. To damage, harm, or hurt; to ruin or interrupt (used figuratively)
9. To spill; to run out or leak; to splurt
10. To misuse; to use ineffectively or erroneously.
11. (Christianity) To punish by sending to Hell.

Conjugation

Conjugation of spillen (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) spillen, spille
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	spille	spilled
2nd-person singular	spillest	spilledest
3rd-person singular	spilleth	spilled
subjunctive singular	spille
imperative singular		—
plural1	spillen, spille	spilleden, spillede
imperative plural	spilleth, spille	—
participles	spillynge, spillende	spilled, yspilled

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

• spiller
• spillyng

Descendants

• English: spill
• Scots: spill

References

• “spillen (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-21.

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Swedish

Noun

spillen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of spill