Spieß

Etymology 1
From, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Merged semantically with, from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Etymological relation between the two merged words is possible, but uncertain.

Noun

 * 1) a pointed rod, especially
 * 2) spit
 * 3) pike
 * 4) * Luther Bible, Jesaja 2:4
 * "de"
 * 1) * Luther Bible, Jesaja 2:4
 * "de"
 * 1) * Luther Bible, Jesaja 2:4
 * "de"
 * 1) * Luther Bible, Jesaja 2:4
 * "de"

- Da werden sie ihre Schwerter zu Pflugscharen und ihre Spieße zu Sicheln machen.


 * 1)  skewer tactic in the game of chess

Etymology 2
Ultimately from the word for “pike” in etymology 1. The use of this simplex for a pikeman is attested since the 14th century. Later on, non-commissioned officers often had the task of discouraging and, if necessary, killing deserters during battle, for which they used pikes. The contemporary use (ca. 1900) after the sergeant’s epee.

Noun

 * 1)  an appointment usually held by a Stabsfeldwebel or Oberstabsfeldwebel, roughly equivalent to  in the British Army and comparable to first sergeant in the U.S. Army