Speerwurf

/[ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvʊʁf]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#61,044

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Speerwurf is aGermannoun. It means: ohne Plural: eine Disziplin der Leichtathletik, bei der ein Speer (= eine Stange mit Spitze) weit geworfen wird. Andere Wurfsportarten der Leichtathletik sind Diskuswurf und Hammerwurf. Pronounced [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvʊʁf].

Key facts for Speerwurf
PropertyValue
HeadwordSpeerwurf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvʊʁf]
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,044
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Speerwurf in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Speerwurf is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvʊʁf]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,044 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for Speerwurf in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Speerwurf, spelled S-P-E-E-R-W-U-R-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne Plural: eine Disziplin der Leichtathletik, bei der ein Speer (= eine Stange mit Spitze) weit geworfen wird. Andere Wurfsportarten der Leichtathletik sind Diskuswurf und Hammerwurf.
  2. 2
    ein einzelner Versuch (= Wurf) im Wettkampf oder Training von [1]

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #61,044 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Speerwurf"?
"Speerwurf" is spelled S-P-E-E-R-W-U-R-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvʊʁf].
What does "Speerwurf" mean?
As a noun, "Speerwurf" means: ohne Plural: eine Disziplin der Leichtathletik, bei der ein Speer (= eine Stange mit Spitze) weit geworfen wird. Andere Wurfsportarten der Leichtathletik sind Diskuswurf und Hammerwurf.
How do you pronounce "Speerwurf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Speerwurf" is [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvʊʁf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Speerwurf" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.