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pickelhaube

UK/ˈpɪk(ə)lhaʊbə/

pickelhaube noun: a spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.

Noun

pickelhaube (plural pickelhaubes or pickelhauben)

  1. (historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
    • Whereupon an outlandish production number breaks out in which the Marx Brothers play xylophone on the pickelhauben of the assembled soldiers[…].2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 299

Forms of pickelhaube

pluralpickelhaubes
pluralpickelhauben

Origin of pickelhaube

Unadapted borrowing from German Pickelhaube.

Questions about pickelhaube

What does pickelhaube mean?
Pickelhaube means a spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War.
What part of speech is pickelhaube?
Pickelhaube is a noun.
How do you pronounce pickelhaube?
Pickelhaube is pronounced /ˈpɪk(ə)lhaʊbə/ (UK).
What is the plural of pickelhaube?
The plural of pickelhaube is pickelhaubes.

Words near pickelhaube in the dictionary

  1. pickeerers
  2. pickeering
  3. pickeers
  4. pickees
  5. pickel
  6. pickelhaube
  7. pickelhauben
  8. pickelhaubes
  9. Pickelhering
  10. Pickelhäring
  11. Pickell

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