blitzkrieg

See also: Blitzkrieg

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

blitzkrieg (plural blitzkriegs)

Tanks, motor vehicles, and aircraft are essential in bringing a blitzkrieg operation into success.

1. A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
   • 1968, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger (lyrics and music), “Sympathy for the Devil”, in Beggars Banquet, performed by Rolling Stones:

     I rode a tank, held a general's rank / When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

Derived terms

• blitz
• glitzkrieg

Translations

fast military offensive

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: حَرْب خَاطِفَة f (ḥarb ḵāṭifa)
• Armenian: բլիցկրիգ (hy) (blicʻkrig), կայծակնային պատերազմ (kaycaknayin paterazm)
• Belarusian: бліцкры́г m (blickrýh), мала́нкавая вайна́ f (malánkavaja vajná)
• Bulgarian: светка́вична война́ f (svetkávična vojná)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閃電戰／闪电战 (zh) (shǎndiànzhàn)

• Czech: blesková válka (cs) f
• Danish: blitzkrig (da) c, lynkrig c
• Dutch: bliksemoorlog (nl) m, blitzkrieg (nl) m
• Esperanto: fulmomilito
• Estonian: välksõda
• Finnish: salamasota
• French: blitzkrieg (fr) m, guerre éclair (fr) f
• Georgian: ბლიცკრიგი (blicḳrigi)
• German: Blitzkrieg (de) m
• Greek: κεραυνοβόλος πόλεμος m (keravnovólos pólemos)
• Hebrew: מִלְחֶמֶת בָּזָק (he) m (milkhémet bazák)
• Hungarian: villámháború (hu)
• Icelandic: leifturstríð n
• Italian: guerra lampo f, guerra celere f
• Japanese: 電撃戦 (でんげきせん, dengekisen)
• Khmer: សង្គ្រាមផ្លេកបន្ទោរ (sɑngkriəm phleik bɑntou)
• Korean: 전격전(電擊戰) (jeon'gyeokjeon)
• Latvian: zibenskarš m
• Lithuanian: blickrygas m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: blitskrig m, lynkrig (no) m

• Persian: حمله برق‌آسا (hamle-ye barq-âsâ)
• Polish: blitzkrieg (pl) m, wojna błyskawiczna f
• Portuguese: blitzkrieg (pt) m, guerra-relâmpago f
• Romanian: război fulger n, blitzkrieg n
• Russian: блицкри́г (ru) m (blickríg), молниено́сная война́ f (molnijenósnaja vojná)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бли̏цкрӣг m

  Roman: blȉckrīg (sh) m

• Slovak: blesková vojna f
• Slovene: bliskovita vojna f
• Spanish: guerra célere f, guerra relámpago f
• Swedish: blixtkrig (sv) c
• Tagalog: blitzkrig
• Tamil: மின்னலடித் தாக்குதல் (miṉṉalaṭit tākkutal)
• Thai: การโจมตีสายฟ้าแลบ (gaan-joom-dtii-sǎai-fáa-lɛ̂ɛp), บลิทซ์ครีค
• Turkish: yıldırım savaşı (tr)
• Ukrainian: бліцкри́г (uk) m (blickrýh), блискави́чна війна́ f (blyskavýčna vijná)
• Vietnamese: chiến tranh chớp nhoáng
• Yiddish: בליצקריג m (blitskrig)

See also

• sitzkrieg

Further reading

• blitzkrieg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblitsˌkrik/, /ˈblɪts-/, /-krix/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: blitz‧krieg

Noun

blitzkrieg m (uncountable)

1. blitzkrieg

Synonyms

• bliksemoorlog

Polish

blitzkrieg

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg. First attested in 1936.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblit͡s.krik/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it͡skrik
• Syllabification: blitz‧krieg

Noun

blitzkrieg m inan

1. blitzkrieg (fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support)

   Synonym: wojna błyskawiczna

   taktyka blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg tactic

   błyskawiczny blitzkrieg ― lightning fast blitzkrieg

   doktryna blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg doctrine

   niemiecki blitzkrieg ― German blitzkrieg

   koncepcja blitzkriegu ― the concept of blitzkrieg

   strategia blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg strategy

   teoria blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg theory

   idea blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg idea

Declension

Declension of blitzkrieg

	singular
nominative	blitzkrieg
genitive	blitzkriegu
dative	blitzkriegowi
accusative	blitzkrieg
instrumental	blitzkriegiem
locative	blitzkriegu
vocative	blitzkriegu

Further reading

• blitzkrieg in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• blitzkrieg in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /blitsˈkɾiɡ/, /blitsˈkɾi.ɡi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /blitsˈkɾiɡ/, /blitsˈkɾi.ɡi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /blit͡ʃˈkɾiɡ/, /blit͡ʃˈkɾi.ɡi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /blitsˈkɾiɡ/

Noun

blitzkrieg f or m (plural blitzkriege)

1. blitzkrieg (fast military offensive)

   Synonym: guerra-relâmpago

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

Noun

blitzkrieg n (uncountable)

1. blitzkrieg

Declension

declension of blitzkrieg (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) blitzkrieg	blitzkriegul
genitive/dative	(unui) blitzkrieg	blitzkriegului
vocative	blitzkriegule