Shpiel vs. Spiel

Shpielnoun

alternative spelling of spiel

Spielnoun

A lengthy and extravagant speech or argument usually intended to persuade.

Spielnoun

A fast excuse or sales pitch.

Spielnoun

An early form of rap music.

Spielnoun

A game of curling.

Spielverb

To talk at length.

Spielnoun

plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)

Spielverb

replay (as a melody);

‘Play it again, Sam’; ‘She played the third movement very beautifully’;

Spielverb

speak at great length (about something)

Spielnoun

an elaborate or glib speech or story, typically one used by a salesperson

‘he delivers a breathless and effortless spiel in promotion of his new novel’;

Spielverb

reel off; recite

‘he solemnly spieled all he knew’;

Spielverb

speak glibly or at length

‘the barman spiels on the phone to his girlfriends’;

Spiel

Internationale Spieltage SPIEL, often called the Essen Game Fair after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day boardgame trade fair which is also open to the public held in October (Thursday to the following Sunday) at the Messe Essen exhibition centre in Essen, Germany. With 1,021 exhibitors from 50 nations (in 2016) SPIEL is the worldwide biggest fair for board games.