Etymology

spielfreak

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Today it means: A fan of German games. Full definition →

German Spielfreak
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromSpielfreak
  2. English todayspielfreak

From German Spielfreak, from Spiel (“game”) + Freak (“freak, enthusiast”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.