spildte

Spildte is a Danish verb form that functions as the simple past tense (preterite) of the verb spilde, meaning to spill or to waste. The related past participle is spildt, which is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses, such as har spildt (have spilled).

In Danish, spilde covers both literal spilling of liquids and more figurative meanings, such as wasting time or resources or wasting a chance. Spildte is used when describing a completed act in the past, for example, Jeg spildte mælk på bordet (I spilled milk on the table).

Grammar and usage notes:

- Infinitive: spilde

- Present tense: spilder

- Simple past: spildte

- Past participle: spildt

- Common expressions include spilde en chance (to waste a chance) and spilde vand (to spill water), among others.

The form spildte is primarily found in Danish and is used when narrating past events in everyday speech and writing. In related Scandinavian languages, similar verbs exist, but the exact past tense forms vary by language, so spildte should be understood primarily as Danish.

Example sentences:

- Jeg spildte juice på gulvet. (I spilled juice on the floor.)

- Hun spildte ikke en eneste chance i kampen. (She didn’t waste a single opportunity in the game.)

See also:

- spilde

- spildt

- spild (the noun meaning waste)