spöle

• spööle (variant spelling, especially the past forms spoolt, jespoolt)
• spele (Moselle Franconian, northern), spiele (southern)

From Middle High German spüelen, from Proto-West Germanic *spōlijan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpøːlə/

spöle (third-person singular present spölt, preterite spolt, past participle jespolt or jespölt)

1. (Ripuarian) to rinse, wash (especially dishes)
   • 1910, “Et Stina muss ’ne Mann han”, Willi Ostermann (lyrics), Emil Palm (music)‎performed by Bläck Fööss, published 1985:

     Et wood derheim nit mieh jespolt un nix mieh aanjepack,
     Denn jeden Daach do wurf sich jetz et Stina en der Lack.

     The dishes weren’t washed at home and nothing was done anymore,
     Because every day Stina would get dressed up to the nines now.

• sjpeule, speule (Veldeke spelling)
• schpööle̩, spööle̩ (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
• spööle (German-based spelling, uncommon spelling variant)
• spöule (less common variant)
  • schpöüle (Eupen)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *spōlijan, further etymology is unknown.

• IPA^(key): (East of Panninger linie) /ˈʃpøː.lə/, (West of Panninger linie) /ˈspøː.lə/
• Homophone: Spöle
• Rhymes: -øːlə

spöle (third-person singular present spölt or spöölt, past tense spole or spölde or spöölde or spölet, past participle gespold or gespöld or gespööld) (German-based spelling)

1. (transitive) to wash, to rinse (dishes, clothes, etc.)