spielen
Meaning
- (intransitive,weak) to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment)
- (transitive,weak) to play, to engage in (a game, a sport, etc.)
- (transitive,weak) to play, to perform (a piece of music, a role in theater or a movie)
- (transitive,weak) to play, to listen to (a radio, a recording, etc.)
- (transitive,weak) to play, to perform on (a musical instrument)
- (transitive,weak) to act like, to behave like
- (intransitive,weak) to take place, to be set (in a particular time or place; of fiction)
Concepts
play
perform
act
feign
pose
affect
attitudinize
put on airs
gamble
enact
do
pretend
make
influence
move
stir
represent
blow
fake
speculate in stocks
act for
describe
express
put
register
stand for
take place
flirt with
be idle
do nothing
play a trick
talk
use
feel for something
grope about
act indecently
be silly over
jest
joke
play the fool
talk foolishly
pluck the strings
strum
make cry
make sound
play an instrument
banter
frolic
recreate
flex
sport
toy
impersonate
bagpipes
simper
star
interpret
behave
deal
stage
dissemble
dissimulate
make as if
report
copy
follow
imitate
mimic
plagiarise
replicate
simulate
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃpiːlən/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German spil(e)n, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.
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