Spieß
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) a pointed rod, especially
- (masculine,strong) a pointed rod, especially
- (figuratively,masculine,strong) skewer (tactic in the game of chess)
Concepts
spear
skewer
spit
pike
lance
jeering
grip of a bow
spetum
javelin
brochette
glaive
halberd
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpiːs/
Etymology
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.
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