Neuter

Spiel

Meaning

  1. (countable, neuter, strong) a game (instance or way of playing)
  2. (neuter, strong, uncountable) gameplay, the experience or act of playing
  3. (figuratively, neuter, strong, uncountable) leeway; wiggle room
  4. (neuter, strong, uncountable) backlash; lash; play; slack
  5. (Switzerland, neuter, strong) military band, marching band

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spiil

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpiːl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“dance”).

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