Spilling
See also: spilling
German
Alternative forms
- Spille, Spelling, Spillpflaume, Spindelpflaume, Spönling, Spelling, Spenling, Spendling (obsolete and dialectal, sometimes also meaning plums in general or sloes)
Etymology
From Middle High German spënelinc, spëndelinc, spinlinc, spillinc, from Old High German spenelinc, spenilinch, also found in Middle Low German spelling, spilling, probably from Old High German spenala, spenila, spenela, spenula (“needle”) from Latin spīnula (“little thorn, needle”) and originally referring to the sloe, named after its thorns.
The plant is dated since about 1900 for commercial exploitation because of its size, however depending on regional occurrence is used privately.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃpɪlɪŋ]
Noun
Spilling m (genitive Spillings, plural Spillinge)
- Prunus domestica ssp. insititia var. pomariorum, a variety of European plum
Declension
Declension of Spilling
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Spilling | die | Spillinge |
genitive | eines | des | Spilling | der | Spillinge |
dative | einem | dem | Spilling | den | Spillingen |
accusative | einen | den | Spilling | die | Spillinge |
Descendants
- → Czech: špendlík
Further reading
- “Spilling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Spilling in Duden online
- Prunus+domestica at The Plant List