Blitz
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Short for Blitzkrieg.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Blitz
- (with definite article) 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
Blitz m (genitive Blitzes, plural Blitze)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Blitz
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Further reading[edit]
- Blitz in Duden online
References[edit]
Categories:
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
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