Danish

Noun

spillen

1. singular definite of spille

Noun

spillen

1. gerund of spille
   • 2016, Maksim Gorkij, Mellem fremmede, Bechs Forlag - Viatone (ISBN 9788771831290)

     ... 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.

   • 2010, Kirsten Thorup, Førkrigstid, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702095876)

     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.

   • 2013, Jakob Levinsen, Helte og hobbitter - Tolkien og hans verden, Lindhardt og Ringhof (ISBN 9788711371442)

     ... 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.

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)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to play

Conjugation

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

spillen

1. definite plural of spill