spielen

Meaning

  1. (intransitive,weak) to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment)
  2. (transitive,weak) to play, to engage in (a game, a sport, etc.)
  3. (transitive,weak) to play, to perform (a piece of music, a role in theater or a movie)
  4. (transitive,weak) to play, to listen to (a radio, a recording, etc.)
  5. (transitive,weak) to play, to perform on (a musical instrument)
  6. (transitive,weak) to act like, to behave like
  7. (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

A1
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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