verspielen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verspiln. Analyzable as ver- +‎ spielen. In the sense of “to squander” reinforced by and merged with unrelated Middle Low German verspillen, verspilden (“to waste”). Compare Dutch verspillen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃpiːlən/, /fɐ-/, [-ˈʃpiːlən], [-ˈʃpiːl̩n] === Verb === verspielen (weak, third-person singular present verspielt, past tense verspielte, past participle verspielt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to gamble something away (lose something in a game) (transitive) to lose something lightly; to squander; to waste (intransitive, chiefly in the perfect tenses) to lose someone’s goodwill [with bei] Er hat bei ihr verspielt. ― He is out of favour with her. (reflexive) to make a mistake at playing (e.g. play a wrong note on a music instrument) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verspielen, Verspieler, Verspielung verspielend, verspielt === Further reading === “verspielen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verspielen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verspielen” in Duden online “verspielen” in OpenThesaurus.de “verspielen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.