German

Noun

Spektakel n ‎(genitive Spektakels, plural Spektakel)

1. spectacle (exciting or extraordinary exhibition, performance or event)

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Etymology 2

Borrowing from French spectacle, from Latin spectāculum.

Noun

Spektakel m ‎(genitive Spektakels, plural Spektakel)

1. row (continual loud noise)

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Danish

Noun

spektakel n (singular definite spektaklet, plural indefinite spektakler)

1. (uncountable) noise, din
2. (mostly plural) disturbances

Inflection

Synonyms

• (noise): larm, støj
• (disturbances): ballade

Derived terms

• spektakelmager

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: spek‧ta‧kel

Etymology

From Old French spectacle, from Latin spectaculum ‎(“a show, spectacle”), from spectare ‎(“to see, behold”), frequentative of specere ‎(“to see”); see species.

Noun

spektakel n ‎(plural spektakels, diminutive spektakeltje n)

1. spectacle

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

spektakel n

1. (dated) a show, a theatre play
2. ridicule, laughing-stock (to behave like some theatre play)

   Med spott och spe och skymf och kränkningar. / På öppna torg man förde mig ikring / Som ett spektakel inför allmänheten. (Translation by Hagberg)

   With scoffs and scorns and contumelious taunts. / In open market-place produced they me, / To be a public spectacle to all: (Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 1, act 1, scene 4)

3. a noise, fight, rumble, a scene, a scandal

   Ställ inte till något spektakel = Don't make a scene

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See also

• spela Allan
• spela apa
• spex
• studentspex