spullen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʏlən

Noun

spullen

1. plural of spul

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German spüelen, from Old High German *spuolen, from Proto-West Germanic *spōlijan.

The original forms were spillen, gespullt with Rückumlaut (compare Ripuarian spöle, jespolt). The u-vowel was then generalized in all forms to avoid the homophony with unrelated spillen (“to play”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃpulən]

Verb

spullen (third-person singular present spullt, past participle gespullt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to wash up dishes
2. (transitive) to wash out (dishes)

   Synonyms: ausspullen, schwenken

3. (intransitive) to wash up, to do the washing-up

Conjugation

Regular

infinitive	spullen
participle	gespullt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	spullen	—
2nd singular	spulls	spull
3rd singular	spullt	—
1st plural	spullen	—
2nd plural	spullt	spullt
3rd plural	spullen	—

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.