Blitz

See also: blitz

English

Etymology

Short for Blitzkrieg.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blɪts/

Proper noun

the Blitz

  1. (historical) The series of air raids launched on various cities in Great Britain by the German air force in 1940-41 during World War II. They were also known as the Baedeker Raids.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German blitze (“lightning”), Old High German blëcchazzen. Cognate with Old Saxon bliksmo (“lightning”), Old English blæcern (“candlestick”), Dutch bliksem, Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, “to burn, blaze”), Sanskrit भ्राज (bhrāja, “to radiate, sparkle”), Latin fulgur (“lightning”).[1] From Proto-Germanic *blaikaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blɪts/
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Noun

Blitz m (genitive Blitzes, plural Blitze)

  1. (weather) lightning
  2. (optical) flash

Declension
Declension of Blitz
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Blitz die Blitze
genitive eines des Blitzes der Blitze
dative einem dem Blitz,
Blitze1		 den Blitzen
accusative einen den Blitz die Blitze
1Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms
Derived terms

Further reading

References
  1. Blitz in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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