Play - Spielen (The 205th Most Common German Word)

The translation for Play in German is Spielen. This word often comes up when talking about house, lifestyle & free time, sport, culture & arts. It can be used as verb. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 205th most common word in German. You can listen to their pronunciations by clicking on the speaker icon, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Our app contains over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common German words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

en English: play

de German: spielen

House Lifestyle & Free Time Sport Culture & Arts Verb A1

Examples

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The children want to play. Kinder wollen spielen.
We like playing. Wir spielen gerne.
I want to play, too. Ich will auch spielen.
A friend comes to play at our house tomorrow. Ein Freund kommt morgen zu uns nach Hause um zu spielen.
Let's play something. Lasst uns etwas spielen.
That child wants a friend to play with. Dieses Kind möchte Freunde, die mit ihm spielen.
He does not have anyone to play with. Er hat niemanden zum Spielen.
He does nothing but play all day. Er tut den ganzen Tag nichts als spielen.

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Play - Spielen (The 205th Most Common German Word)
I don't want to play this game anymore. Ich will dieses Spiel nicht mehr spielen.
I want to play. Ich will spielen.
You may play at your pleasure. Sie können nach Belieben spielen.
As a rule, the game of life is worth playing. In der Regel lohnt es sich, das Spiel des Lebens zu spielen.
I don't feel like playing either. Ich habe auch keine Lust zu spielen.
Playing cards is fun. Karten spielen macht Spaß.
I don't want to play cards. Ich möchte nicht Karten spielen.
I hate playing cards. Ich hasse es, Karten zu spielen.
Let's play cards. Lass uns ein paar Karten spielen.
I want to play cards. Ich möchte Karten spielen.
I'm busy right now and can't play with you. Ich bin gerade beschäftigt und kann nicht mit dir spielen.
Don't stop playing. Höre nicht auf zu spielen.
The older boys are playing a game. Die älteren Jungs spielen ein Spiel.

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Play - Spielen (The 205th Most Common German Word)

This word appears in the following categories

House Lifestyle & Free Time Sport Culture & Arts Verb A1

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