spellen

See also: spelen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

spellen

to spell

Inflection

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	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.

Derived terms

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

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