Spiel
derNoundas Spiel (game/act); die Masche (slang)
Word details
- German meaning
- Kurzform für Schiedsrichter, die Person, die ein Spiel oder einen Wettkampf leitet und die Regeln durchsetzt.
- English meaning
- Referee
- Synonym
- Schiedsrichter
- German example
- Der Schiri hat ein klares Foul übersehen.
- English example
- The referee missed a clear foul.
- Type
- Noun
- Article
- der
- Singular Form
- der Schiri
- Plural Form
- die Schiris
Related words
- spielen
spiel
- das Spiel
Spiel
- play
spielen
- Glockenspiel
glockenspiel
- Puppetmaster
Puppenspieler
- downplaying
herunterspielen
- Curling
bonspiel
- outfielder
äußerer Feldspieler
- prologue
Vorspiel
- actress
Schauspielerin
- Bingo
Bingo
- Schelm
rascal
- Apposition
An apposition is an additional explanation or clarifying addition to a noun or noun phrase.
- Defensive
defensive
- Drama
Drama
- Eruption
Eruption
- Flor
Pile
- Basketball
Basketball
- Spielkarte
Playing card
- Lepton
A lepton is an elementary particle that does not experience the strong force. Examples include the electron and neutrino.
- Glockenspiel
Glockenspiel
- Opal
Opal
- Kitsch
Kitsch
- Level
level
- Dodo
dodo
- Mitochondrion
Mitochondrion
- Kind
child
- Oxymoron
An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms to create a new meaning.
- Remis
Draw
- Roulette
Roulette
- Sandbox
sandbox
- Sitar
sitar
- Flor
Pile
- Version
version
- Silizium
Silicon
- Badminton
badminton
- Halma
Halma is a board game for two or four players, where the goal is to move one's own pieces to the opposite corner of the board.
- Viola
A viola is a string instrument similar to the violin, but slightly larger and tuned lower.
- Caesar
Caesar
- Klavier
Piano
- Kurzbezeichnung
Abbreviation
- Onomatopoese
Onomatopoeia is the formation of a word by imitating a sound.
- Onomatopöie
Onomatopoeia
- Kurzform
short form
- Frontallappen
frontal lobe
- Steinschleuder
Slingshot
- Schleuder
Slingshot
- Marionette
A marionette is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings.
- Saugnapf
Suction cup
Example sentences with “Spiel”
I've heard that spiel before. (Ich kenne diese Masche bereits.)
Frequently asked questions
Does 'spiel' mean the same as in English?
In English, it implies a rehearsed speech. In German, 'das Spiel' means game. Use 'die Masche' if you mean a manipulative sales pitch.