Speerwurf
German
Etymology
Speer (“spear, javelin”) + Wurf (“throw”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃpeːɐ̯ˌvʊʁf]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Speer‧wurf
- Rhymes: -ʊʁf
Noun
Speerwurf m (strong, genitive Speerwurfes or Speerwurfs, plural Speerwürfe)
(athletics)
- (uncountable) the javelin throw (track-and-field event)
- Synonym: Speerwerfen n
- (countable) a throw of the javelin (instance of throwing a javelin)
- Synonym: Wurf m (imprecisely)
Declension
Declension of Speerwurf [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
- Speerwurfweltrekord m