Masculine
Spieß
- (masculine, strong) a pointed rod, especially
- (masculine, strong) a pointed rod, especially
- (figuratively, masculine, strong) skewer (tactic in the game of chess)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpiːs/
Etymology
In summary
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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