# spillen
## Danish
### Noun

spillen
* definite singular of spille

### Verb

spillen
* gerund of spille
** 2016, Maksim Gorkij, Mellem fremmede, Bechs Forlag - Viatone, →ISBN:... omend de naturligvis grinede ham ud for hans snakken og hans evige spillen kort.... although they obviously laughed at him for his talking and eternal playing cards.
** 2010, Kirsten Thorup, Førkrigstid, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:Hun er fyldt til randen med hans halvkvædede viser, hans spillen hasard med deres godmodighed.She is fed up with his half-finished songs, his gambling with their kindness.
** 2013, Jakob Levinsen, Helte og hobbitter - Tolkien og hans verden, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:... og med Mordors spillen på det latinske »Mors«, død, er det præcis den virkning hos læseren, der bliver udnyttet her.... and with Mordor playing on Latin »Mors«, death, this is precisely the effect with the reader that is used here.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch spilden.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspɪ.lə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: spil‧len
* Rhymes: -ɪlən

### Verb

spillen
* (transitive) to waste, to spend vainly or profligately
    Synonym: verspillen
* (transitive, dated) to spend, to use
* (transitive) to spill
    Synonym: morsen

#### Derived terms

* spilgraag
* spiller
* spillig
* spilpenning
* spilziek
* spilziekte
* spilzucht
* verspillen

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃpilən/
* Rhymes: -ilən

### Verb

spillen (third-person singular present spillt, past participle gespillt, auxiliary verb hunn)
* (transitive or intransitive) to play

#### Derived terms

* ausspillen
* erofspillen
* iwwerspillen
* matspillen
* nospillen
* ofspillen
* opspillen
* uspillen
* verspillen
* virspillen
* zouspillen
* ëmspillen

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* spylle, spille, spyl, spil, spyll, spill, spilden, spyllyn

### Etymology

From Old English spillan, from Proto-West Germanic *spilþijan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈspilən/

### Verb

spillen
* to slaughter, eliminate; to cause the death of
* to pass away; to face death or the end of life
* to demolish, liquidate, or ruin; to make barren or turn into wasteland
* to extirpate, or extinguish; to totally ruin
* to smash, split, or sunder
* to disappear; to be demolished or smashed
* to cause disorder and chaos; to wreck or totally damage (usually used figuratively)
* to damage, harm, or hurt; to ruin or interrupt (used figuratively)
* to spill; to run out or leak; to splurt
* to misuse; to use ineffectively or erroneously
* (Christianity) to punish by sending to Hell

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) spillen, spille | (to) spillen, spille |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | spille | spilled |
| 2nd-person singular | spillest | spilledest |
| 3rd-person singular | spilleth | spilled |
| subjunctive singular | spille | spilled |
| imperative singular | spille | — |
| plural$^1$ | spillen, spille | spilleden, spillede |
| imperative plural | spilleth, spille | — |
| participles | spillynge, spillende | spilled, yspilled |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Derived terms

* spiller
* spillyng

#### Descendants

* English: spill
* Scots: spill

#### References

* “spillen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-21.

## Swedish
### Noun

spillen
* definite plural of spill