spellen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛ.lə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: spel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch spellen, from Old Dutch *spellon, from Proto-Germanic *spellōną.

Verb

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spellen

  1. to spell
Conjugation
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Conjugation of spellen (weak)
infinitive spellen
past singular spelde
past participle gespeld
infinitive spellen
gerund spellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular spel spelde
2nd person sing. (jij) spelt, spel2 spelde
2nd person sing. (u) spelt spelde
2nd person sing. (gij) spelt spelde
3rd person singular spelt spelde
plural spellen spelden
subjunctive sing.1 spelle spelde
subjunctive plur.1 spellen spelden
imperative sing. spel
imperative plur.1 spelt
participles spellend gespeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: spel
  • Caribbean Javanese: sepèlan
  • Indonesian: sepel
  • Papiamentu: spèl, spellen (dated)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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spellen

  1. plural of spel (game in general)

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *spellon, from Proto-Germanic *spellōną.

Verb

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spellen

  1. to explain
  2. to spell, to predict
  3. to mean, to indicate
  4. to spell (a word)

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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