spelen

See also: spellen

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈspeːlə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: spe‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spēlen.

Verb

spelen

  1. (intransitive) to play
  2. (transitive) to play (a game)
    Wat wil je spelen?
    What do you wish to play?
  3. (transitive or intransitive) to play (a musical instrument)
  4. (transitive) to play (a role)
Inflection
Inflection of spelen (weak)
infinitive spelen
past singular speelde
past participle gespeeld
infinitive spelen
gerund spelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular speelspeelde
2nd person sing. (jij) speeltspeelde
2nd person sing. (u) speeltspeelde
2nd person sing. (gij) speeltspeelde
3rd person singular speeltspeelde
plural spelenspeelden
subjunctive sing.1 spelespeelde
subjunctive plur.1 spelenspeelden
imperative sing. speel
imperative plur.1 speelt
participles spelendgespeeld
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: speel
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: pele
  • Negerhollands: speel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

spelen

  1. Plural form of spel (“tournament”)
  2. An organised series of athletic or other entertaining competitive events, such as the Olympics or varied gladiatorial fights.
Derived terms
  • winterspelen
  • zomerspelen

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Verb

spēlen

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

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

spelen

  1. definite plural of spel

Anagrams
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