Spieß

Bedeutung

(masculine,strong) a pointed rod, especially
(masculine,strong) a pointed rod, especially
(figuratively,masculine,strong) skewer (tactic in the game of chess)

Frequenz

Geschlecht

♂️ Männlich

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ʃpiːs/

Etymologie

From Middle High German spiez (“pike”), from Old High German spioz, from Proto-West Germanic *speut (“spear”). Cognate with Middle Dutch spiet, Old Saxon spiot. Merged semantically with Middle High German spiz (“spit”), from Old High German spiz, from Proto-Germanic *spituz. Cognate with Dutch spit, English spit, Swedish spett. Etymological relation between the two merged words is possible, but uncertain.