See spul in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "ontspullen"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "spel"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch spel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*spel"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch *spel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*spil",
"t": "play, movement, performance"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spil (“play, movement, performance”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Spiel"
},
"expansion": "German Spiel",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant of spel, from Middle Dutch spel, spul, from Old Dutch *spel, from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“play, movement, performance”).\nThe sense shifted from \"play/performance\" to \"the equipment or props used for a performance\" (as retained in kermisspul), and eventually generalized to mean \"stuff, goods, belongings\". Compare German Spiel.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spullen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spulletje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "-en",
"3": "+"
},
"expansion": "spul n (plural spullen, diminutive spulletje n)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"stuff"
],
"id": "en-spul-nl-noun-Nbr7HOma",
"links": [
[
"stuff",
"stuff"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"junk"
],
"id": "en-spul-nl-noun-74daFwWl",
"links": [
[
"junk",
"junk"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspʏl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʏl"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-spul.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/Nl-spul.ogg/Nl-spul.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Nl-spul.ogg"
}
],
"word": "spul"
}
{
"categories": [
"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch lemmas",
"Dutch neuter nouns",
"Dutch nouns",
"Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
"Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ʏl",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ʏl/1 syllable"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ontspullen"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "spel"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch spel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*spel"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch *spel",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*spil",
"t": "play, movement, performance"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spil (“play, movement, performance”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Spiel"
},
"expansion": "German Spiel",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Variant of spel, from Middle Dutch spel, spul, from Old Dutch *spel, from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“play, movement, performance”).\nThe sense shifted from \"play/performance\" to \"the equipment or props used for a performance\" (as retained in kermisspul), and eventually generalized to mean \"stuff, goods, belongings\". Compare German Spiel.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spullen",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spulletje",
"tags": [
"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "-en",
"3": "+"
},
"expansion": "spul n (plural spullen, diminutive spulletje n)",
"name": "nl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"stuff"
],
"links": [
[
"stuff",
"stuff"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"junk"
],
"links": [
[
"junk",
"junk"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspʏl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʏl"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-spul.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/59/Nl-spul.ogg/Nl-spul.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Nl-spul.ogg"
}
],
"word": "spul"
}
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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