pickelhaube

See also: Pickelhaube

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Pickelhaube.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪk(ə)lhaʊbə/

Noun

pickelhaube (plural pickelhaubes or pickelhauben)

(historical) A spiked helmet worn by German troops, especially during the First World War. [from 19th c.]
- 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 299:
  Whereupon an outlandish production number breaks out in which the Marx Brothers play xylophone on the pickelhauben of the assembled soldiers […] .

Translations

helmet

Danish: pikkelhue c
German: Pickelhaube (de) f
Russian: пике́льхаубе m (pikɛ́lʹxaubɛ), пикельхе́льм m (pikelʹxɛ́lʹm)
Swedish: pickelhuva (sv)

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