pl. -·spiel·en an 18th-cent. German musical play of a popular type
Origin of Singspiel
Ger, literally , sing-playSingspiel
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singspiel
noun
A German musical comedy of the 1700s featuring songs and ensembles interspersed with dialogue.
Origin of singspiel
German singen to sing ( from Middle High German) ( from Old High German singan ; see sengwh- in Indo-European roots.) Spiel play ; see spiel .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural singspiels)
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