spil
See also: špil
Danish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Low German spil.
Noun
editspil n (singular definite spillet, plural indefinite spil)
- A game.
- A box of equipment and such used for a game.
- A specific part of a game, such as a round or level.
- Conditions or limits of a game.
- A sport.
- An instance resulting in the play of a sport, such as a result of who won or lost.
- The act of playing music, singing.
- Parts of a body being used in a fast manner.
- A reflex, often a seizure.
- A theatrical performance featuring actors, a play.
- An actor's improvisation.
- indefinite plural of spil
Inflection
editDeclension of spil
Derived terms
edit- brætspil (“board game”)
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle Low German spille, from Old High German spinnil.
Noun
editspil n (singular definite spillet, plural indefinite spil)
- A winch.
Inflection
editDeclension of spil
Etymology 3
editSee spile.
Verb
editspil
- imperative of spile
Etymology 4
editSee spille.
Verb
editspil
- imperative of spille
Anagrams
editDutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch spille, from Old Dutch spilla. Equivalent to spinnen + -el.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspil f (plural spillen, diminutive spilletje n)
- an axis
- Synonym: as
- a key figure
- (soccer) a central midfielder
- 1949 March 21, "„G.V.B.”-selecties presteerden niet veel", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, page 6.
- Noch aan de ene, noch aan de andere kant is sprake geweest van een „vierkant“ en in feite kwam het er op neer, dat aan beide zijden de spil als derde back fungeerde, terwijl van enige man-dekking geen sprake was.
- Neither on one, nor on the other side was there ever any "square" formation involved and it actually boiled down to that on both sides the central midfielder functioned like a third defender, while there was not any marking involved.
- Synonym: mid-mid
- 1949 March 21, "„G.V.B.”-selecties presteerden niet veel", Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, page 6.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- Afrikaans: spil
Icelandic
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editspil n (genitive singular spils, nominative plural spil)
- game (with some sort of equipment such as playing cards or a board, usually not on a large scale)
- playing card
- (uncountable) play, playing (the act of playing, also music)
- winch, windlass
Declension
editdeclension of spil
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “spil” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old English spillan.
Verb
editspil
- Alternative form of spillen
Etymology 2
editFrom spilen or an Old English *spil.
Noun
editspil
- Alternative form of spile
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editspil m or f (definite singular spilen or spila, indefinite plural spilar or spiler, definite plural spilane or spilene)
- Alternative form of spile
Verb
editspil
- imperative of spile
Anagrams
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