spielen.
to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment)
Meaning & usage
to play (engage in some activity for fun or entertainment)
Die Kinder spielen draußen.
Die Katze spielt mit einer Schnur.
to play, to engage in (a game, a sport, etc.)
Karten spielen
to play, to perform (a piece of music, a role in theater or a movie)
to play, to listen to (a radio, a recording, etc.)
to play, to perform on (a musical instrument)
Ich spiele Klavier
to act like, to behave like
den Narren spielen
to take place, to be set (in a particular time or place; of fiction)
Das Spiel spielt in einer postapokalyptischen Zukunft.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle High German spil(e)n, from Old High German spilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spilōn. Cognate with Bavarian spuin, Alemannic German spiele.
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