Speer
German, noun/ʃpeːr/
Speer is spelled S-P-E-E-R (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written German, the 15,068th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Speer is a German masculine noun meaning “spear; javelin (a long stick thrown as a weapon or for sport)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Waffe zum Werfen und Stechen, bestehend aus einer Stange mit einer Spitze (meist aus Metall oder Stein) an…”.
What does Speer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespear; javelin (a long stick thrown as a weapon or for sport)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Waffe zum Werfen und Stechen, bestehend aus einer Stange mit einer Spitze (meist aus Metall oder Stein) an einem Ende; leichter als die nur zum Stechen bestimmte Lanze 2. kurz für die Sportart Speerwurf oder Speerwerfen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Speer
- Speeres genitive
- Speers genitive
- Speere plural
- Speeren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Speer?
- /ʃpeːr/
- [ʃpeːɐ̯]
- [ʃpɛɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Speer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Speer in German?
Speer appears 3.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).