verb#6,097 by frequency

abspielen

[ˈʔapʃpiːln̩]

to play; to replay; to pass, to play off; to happen, to go like

Meanings

1
to play (a tape, a movie, an audio or video file etc.); to replay
- Hast du eine Vorstellung, was sich dort jetzt abspielt?
  Tatoeba · al_ex_an_der · CC BY 2.0 FR
2
to pass, to play off
3
to happen, to go like — of a story, occurrence, event
- Was sich in den Schwarzen Löchern abspielt, wissen wir nicht.
  We don't know what happens inside black holes.
  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR