spillen
Danish
Noun
spillen
- singular definite of spille
Verb
spillen
- 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.
- ... omend de naturligvis grinede ham ud for hans snakken og hans evige spillen kort.
- 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.
- Hun er fyldt til randen med hans halvkvædede viser, hans spillen hasard med deres godmodighed.
- 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.
- ... og med Mordors spillen på det latinske »Mors«, død, er det præcis den virkning hos læseren, der bliver udnyttet her.
- 2016, Maksim Gorkij, Mellem fremmede, Bechs Forlag - Viatone →ISBN
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch spilden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɪ.lə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spil‧len
- Rhymes: -ɪlən
Verb
spillen
- (transitive) to waste, to spend vainly or profligately
- Synonym: verspillen
- (transitive, dated) to spend, to use
- (transitive) to spill
- Synonym: morsen
Inflection
| Inflection 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 | 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. | ||||
Derived terms
- spilgraag
- spiller
- spillig
- spilpenning
- spilziek
- spilziekte
- spilzucht
- verspillen
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)
- (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
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
- To slaughter, eliminate; to cause the death of.
- To pass away; to face death or the end of life.
- To demolish, liquidate, or ruin; to make barren or turn into wasteland.
- To extirpate, or extinguish; to totally ruin.
- To smash, split, or sunder.
- To disappear; to be demolished or smashed.
- To cause disorder and chaos; to wreck or totally damage (usually used figuratively)
- To damage, harm, or hurt; to ruin or interrupt (used figuratively)
- To spill; to run out or leak; to splurt
- To misuse; to use ineffectively or erroneously.
- (Christianity) To punish by sending to Hell.
Conjugation
Conjugation of spillen (weak)
| infinitive | (to) spillen | |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st person singular | spille | spillede |
| 2nd person singular | spillest | spilledest |
| 3rd person singular | spilleth, spilleþ | spillede |
| plural | spillen | spilleden |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | spille | spillede |
| plural | spillen | spilleden |
| imperative | present | |
| singular | spille | |
| plural | spilleth, spilleþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| spillende, spillinge | spilled, yspilled | |
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.
Swedish
Noun
spillen
- definite plural of spill