spelen

• IPA^(key): /ˈspeːlə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: spe‧len
• Rhymes: -eːlən

From Middle Dutch spēlen.

spelen

1. (intransitive) to play

   Speel met ons, Anne. ― Come play with us, Anne.

   Wat wil je spelen? ― What do you wish to play?

2. (transitive) to play (a game)
3. (transitive or intransitive) to play (a musical instrument)
4. (transitive) to play (a role)

• Afrikaans: speel
• Berbice Creole Dutch: pele
• Negerhollands: speel

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

spelen

1. plural of spel (“tournament”)
2. an organised series of athletic or other entertaining competitive events, such as the Olympics or varied gladiatorial fights

• slepen

From Old Dutch *spilon, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.

spēlen

1. to play, to have fun
2. to play a game
3. to play (an instrument)

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: spelen
  • Afrikaans: speel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: pele
  • Negerhollands: speel
• Limburgish: spaele, spele, späöle

• “spelen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “spelen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• spelien

From Old English spelian; equivalent to spale +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɛːlən/

spelen

1. to save, hoard
2. to spare; to respite, reprieve

• English: spell
• Yola: speale

• “spēlen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

spelen

1. definite plural of spel

• pensel