Speer

See also: speer

English

Proper noun

Speer

1. A surname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. A neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado.
   2. An unincorporated community in Stark County, Illinois.
   3. A railroad location in Laramie County, Wyoming.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German sper, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru. Compare Dutch speer, English spear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpeːr/, [ʃpeːɐ̯]
  • IPA^(key): [ʃpɛɐ̯] (common merger)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
• Homophone: sperr (some speakers)

Noun

Speer m (strong, genitive Speeres or Speers, plural Speere)

1. spear; javelin (a long stick thrown as a weapon or for sport)

Declension

Declension of Speer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Speer	die	Speere
genitive	eines	des	Speeres, Speers	der	Speere
dative	einem	dem	Speer, Speere1	den	Speeren
accusative	einen	den	Speer	die	Speere

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Aalspeer

Derived terms

• Speerwerfen
• Speerwerfer
• Speerwurf

Further reading

• “Speer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Speer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Speer” in Duden online
• Speer on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian spere, from Proto-West Germanic *speru, from Proto-Germanic *speru. More at spear.

Noun

Speer m

1. spear