Blitzkrieg
Appearance
See also: blitzkrieg
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Blitz (“lightning”) + Krieg (“war”), coined in the runup to the Second World War to denote the "lightning fast" military campaigns planned by the German forces.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Blitzkrieg m (strong, genitive Blitzkrieges or Blitzkriegs, plural Blitzkriege)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Blitzkrieg [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Blitzkrieg | die | Blitzkriege |
genitive | eines | des | Blitzkrieges, Blitzkriegs | der | Blitzkriege |
dative | einem | dem | Blitzkrieg, Blitzkriege1 | den | Blitzkriegen |
accusative | einen | den | Blitzkrieg | die | Blitzkriege |
1Now rare, see notes.
Descendants
[edit]- → Esperanto: fulmomilito (calque)
- → Dutch: bliksemoorlog (calque)
- English: Blitzkrieg, blitzkrieg
- Polish: blitzkrieg
- Portuguese: Blitzkrieg, blitzkrieg
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Blitzkrieg” in Duden online
- “Blitzkrieg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Blitzkrieg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de