spela
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Pronunciation
Verb
spela
- inflection of spelare:
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German spelen, spillen.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Verb
spela (present tense spelar/speler, past tense spela/spelte, past participle spela/spelt, passive infinitive spelast, present participle spelande, imperative spela/spel)
- to play
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
spela n
References
- “spela” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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Etymology
From Old Norse spila, borrowed from Middle Low German spillen, from Old Saxon spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Equivalent to spel + -a.
Pronunciation
Verb
spela (present spelar, preterite spelade, supine spelat, imperative spela)
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | spela | spelas | ||
| Supine | spelat | spelats | ||
| Imperative | spela | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | spelen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | spelar | spelade | spelas | spelades |
| Ind. plural1 | spela | spelade | spelas | spelades |
| Subjunctive2 | spele | spelade | speles | spelades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | spelande | |||
| Past participle | spelad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of spela (weak)
Derived terms
- anspela
- avspela
- inspela
- spela allan (“act tough and superior”)
- spela av
- spela bort
- spela Hamlet utan prinsen av Danmark
- spela in
- spela köttflöjt
- spela roll!
- spela skinnbanjo
- spela skjortan av
- spela ut
- spela upp
- spela över
- uppspela
Related terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: pelata
See also
References
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