Spilling

See also: spilling

German

Spillinge

Alternative forms

• Spille, Spelling, Spillpflaume, Spindelpflaume, Spönling, Spelling, Spenling, Spendling (obsolete and dialectal, sometimes also meaning plums in general or sloes)

Etymology

From Middle High German spënelinc, spëndelinc, spinlinc, spillinc, from Old High German spenelinc, spenilinch, also found in Middle Low German spelling, spilling, probably from Old High German spenala, spenila, spenela, spenula (“needle”) from Latin spīnula (“little thorn, needle”) and originally referring to the sloe, named after its thorns.

The plant is dated since about 1900 for commercial exploitation because of its size, however depending on regional occurrence is used privately.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃpɪlɪŋ]

• Audio:

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Noun

Spilling m (strong, genitive Spillings, plural Spillinge)

1. Prunus domestica ssp. insititia var. pomariorum, a variety of European plum

Declension

Declension of Spilling [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Spilling	die	Spillinge
genitive	eines	des	Spillings	der	Spillinge
dative	einem	dem	Spilling	den	Spillingen
accusative	einen	den	Spilling	die	Spillinge

Descendants

• → Czech: špendlík

Further reading

• “Spilling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Spilling” in Duden online
• Prunus+domestica at The Plant List