"Spill" meaning in German

See Spill in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃpɪl/, /spɪl/ [Northern, dated] Audio: De-Spill.ogg , De-Spill2.ogg
Etymology: From Middle Low German spille, from a contraction of Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”). Doublet of Spindel. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gml|spille}} Middle Low German spille, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*spinnilu|t=spindle}} Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”), {{doublet|de|Spindel}} Doublet of Spindel Head templates: {{de-noun|n,s:es,e:s}} Spill n (strong, genitive Spills or Spilles, plural Spille or Spills) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n,s:es,e:s}} Forms: Spills [genitive], Spilles [genitive], Spille [plural], Spills [plural], strong [table-tags], Spill [nominative, singular], Spille [definite, nominative, plural], Spills [definite, nominative, plural], Spills [genitive, singular], Spilles [genitive, singular], Spille [definite, genitive, plural], Spills [definite, genitive, plural], Spill [dative, singular], Spille [dative, singular], Spillen [dative, definite, plural], Spills [dative, definite, plural], Spill [accusative, singular], Spille [accusative, definite, plural], Spills [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (nautical) capstan Tags: neuter, strong Derived forms: Ankerspill, Bratspill, Gangspill, Spillwinde Related terms: Spillbaum, spillerig, Spindel
    Sense id: en-Spill-de-noun-etuqnQwX Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Nautical, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 80 2 2 2 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 1 1 1 13 Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "spille"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German spille",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spinnilu",
        "t": "spindle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Spindel"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Spindel",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German spille, from a contraction of Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”). Doublet of Spindel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spilles",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spilles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s:es,e:s"
      },
      "expansion": "Spill n (strong, genitive Spills or Spilles, plural Spille or Spills)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s:es,e:s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "de:Nautical",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 2 2 2 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 1 1 1 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Ankerspill"
        },
        {
          "word": "Bratspill"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gangspill"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spillwinde"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "capstan"
      ],
      "id": "en-Spill-de-noun-etuqnQwX",
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "capstan",
          "capstan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) capstan"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Spillbaum"
        },
        {
          "word": "spillerig"
        },
        {
          "word": "Spindel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/spɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Spill.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/De-Spill.ogg/De-Spill.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/De-Spill.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Spill2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/De-Spill2.ogg/De-Spill2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/De-Spill2.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Spill"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "lb:Games"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Ankerspill"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bratspill"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gangspill"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spillwinde"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "spille"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German spille",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*spinnilu",
        "t": "spindle"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Spindel"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of Spindel",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Low German spille, from a contraction of Proto-West Germanic *spinnilu (“spindle”). Doublet of Spindel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spilles",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spilles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spillen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Spills",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s:es,e:s"
      },
      "expansion": "Spill n (strong, genitive Spills or Spilles, plural Spille or Spills)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n,s:es,e:s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Spillbaum"
    },
    {
      "word": "spillerig"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spindel"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German doublets",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German lemmas",
        "German neuter nouns",
        "German nouns",
        "German terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "de:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "capstan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "capstan",
          "capstan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) capstan"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃpɪl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/spɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "dated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Spill.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6e/De-Spill.ogg/De-Spill.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/De-Spill.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Spill2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/De-Spill2.ogg/De-Spill2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/De-Spill2.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Spill"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Spill meaning in German (3.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-09-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-23 using wiktextract (20da82b and a97feda). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.