Spiel

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“dance”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃpiːl/ Rhymes: -iːl === Noun === Spiel n (strong, genitive Spiels or Spieles, plural Spiele, diminutive Spielchen n) (countable) a game (instance or way of playing) (uncountable) gameplay, the experience or act of playing Synonym: Spielen im Spiel ― at play (uncountable, mechanics) backlash, lash, play, slack (certain looseness of components, often intended) (uncountable, figurative) leeway, wiggle room (Switzerland) military band, marching band ==== Usage notes ==== German Spiel and especially its diminutive Spielchen are also used for an unstraightforward way of acting or maneuvering, as in Lass dich nicht auf seine Spielchen ein! (“Don’t get involved in his little games!”) The German word does not, however, have the specific sense of English spiel (“lengthy, persuasive speech”). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Czech: špílec → English: spiel → Macedonian: шпил (špil) → Serbo-Croatian: špil, шпил === Further reading === “Spiel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Spiel” in Duden online Spiel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃpiːl/ Rhymes: -iːl Syllabification: Spiel === Noun === Spiel n (plural Spiel) game, play ==== Derived terms ==== Spielding === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Spiel”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Plautdietsch == === Noun === Spiel f (plural Spielen) pinfeather