schpile
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German spilōn, from Proto-Germanic *spilōną. Cognate to German spielen, Dutch spelen, Swedish spela.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /ˈʃpilə/
Verb
schpile (third-person singular simple present schpilt, past participle gschpilt, past subjunctive schpilti, auxiliary haa)
- to play
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Aber ich schpile gärn Schach, maischtens mit mir selber.
- I like to play chess, mostly with myself.
- Aber ich schpile gärn Schach, maischtens mit mir selber.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
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