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pickelhauben

pickelhauben is the plural of pickelhaube.

Meaning of pickelhaube

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

Questions about pickelhauben

What is pickelhauben the plural of?
Pickelhauben is the plural of pickelhaube.

Words near pickelhauben in the dictionary

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

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