spiel
n. US //ˈspiɫ// UK //spˈiːl// spiel
Borrowed from German Spiel (“game, performance”) or Yiddish שפּיל (shpil), both from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil. Cognate with Old English spilian (“to revel, play”). See speel.
From the Scots spiel (“game, play; curling match”) from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German spel.