spullen

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• Rhymes: -ʏlən

spullen

1. plural of spul

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”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃpulən]

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

1. to rinse, wash (especially dishes)