zuspielen

German

Etymology

zu- +‎ spielen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡suːˌʃpiːlən/
  • Hyphenation: zu‧spie‧len
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Verb

zuspielen (weak, third-person singular present spielt zu, past tense spielte zu, past participle zugespielt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (sports) to pass
  2. to pass on (secretly)
    der Presse zuspielen ― to leak to the press
  3. to play (a recording during a programme)
    Wir spielen jetzt das Originalinterview unserer Korrespondentin in Moskau zu.
    We will now play the original interview with our correspondent in Moscow.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “zuspielen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “zuspielen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “zuspielen” in Duden online
  • “zuspielen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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