Speerwerfer
German, noun[ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvɛʁfɐ]
Speerwerfer is spelled S-P-E-E-R-W-E-R-F-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Speerwerfer is a German masculine noun meaning “javelin thrower, javelinist, spearcaster” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(männliche^☆) Person, die das Speerwerfen ausübt”.
What does Speerwerfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejavelin thrower, javelinist, spearcaster
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (männliche^☆) Person, die das Speerwerfen ausübt
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 Speerwerfer
- Speerwerfers genitive
- Speerwerferin feminine
- Speerwerfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Speerwerfer?
- [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvɛʁfɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Speerwerfer in German?
Speerwerfer appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).