spille

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

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

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

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

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

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse spilla.

Verb

spille (inflections as above)

  1. to spill, slop
  2. to waste

References

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

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