spiel

Frequency

37k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpiːl/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from German Spiel (“game, performance”) or Yiddish שפּיל (shpil), both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play”). See speel.

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