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spullen

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ʏlən

Noun

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spullen

  1. plural of spul

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German spüelen, 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

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Verb

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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

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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.