spellen

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɛ.lə(n)/ Hyphenation: spel‧len Rhymes: -ɛlən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch spellen, from Old Dutch *spellon, from Proto-Germanic *spellōną. ==== Verb ==== spellen to spell ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== spelling voorspellen ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: spel → Caribbean Javanese: sepèlan → Indonesian: sepel → Papiamentu: spèl, spellen (dated) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== spellen plural of spel (“game in general”) == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *spellon, from Proto-Germanic *spellōną. === Verb === spellen to explain to spell, to predict to mean, to indicate to spell (a word) ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: spellen Limburgish: spèlle === Further reading === “spellen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “spellen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I == Middle English == === Alternative forms === spelien, spellien, spele, spelen === Etymology === From Early Middle English spellien, both the reflex of Old English spellian as well as the form under which Old French espeler (from Frankish *spellōn) was borrowed. The form spellen originally emerged in East Midland and Northern dialects following the syncope of this verb’s medial vowel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɛlən/, /ˈspɛliən/ === Verb === spellen To tell, speak, declare, or preach. To read out letter by letter; to spell. To mean, signify, or betoken. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: spell Scots: spell === References === “spellen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “spellen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.