"Blitz" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /blɪts/ Audio: De-Blitz2.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German blitze (“lightning”), from Old High German blëcchazzen, from Proto-West Germanic *blaik, whence English bleak and bleach. Cognates: See also 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”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|de|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|de|gmh|blitze||lightning}} Middle High German blitze (“lightning”), {{inh|de|goh|blëcchazzen}} Old High German blëcchazzen, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*blaik}} Proto-West Germanic *blaik, {{cog|en|bleak}} English bleak, {{m|en|bleach}} bleach, {{cog|osx|bliksmo||lightning}} Old Saxon bliksmo (“lightning”), {{cog|ang|blæcern||candlestick}} Old English blæcern (“candlestick”), {{cog|nl|bliksem}} Dutch bliksem, {{cog|grc|φλέγω||to burn, blaze}} Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, “to burn, blaze”), {{cog|sa|भ्राज||to radiate, sparkle}} Sanskrit भ्राज (bhrāja, “to radiate, sparkle”), {{cog|la|fulgur||lightning}} Latin fulgur (“lightning”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Blitz m (strong, genitive Blitzes, plural Blitze) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Blitzes [genitive], Blitze [plural], strong [table-tags], Blitz [nominative, singular], Blitze [definite, nominative, plural], Blitzes [genitive, singular], Blitze [definite, genitive, plural], Blitz [dative, singular], Blitze [dative, singular], Blitzen [dative, definite, plural], Blitz [accusative, singular], Blitze [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (meteorology) a bolt of lightning Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Meteorology, Weather
    Sense id: en-Blitz-de-noun-2y1yVcnr Disambiguation of Weather: 90 10 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  2. (photography) flash Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Photography Derived forms: blitzartig, blitzen, Geblitze [feminine]
    Sense id: en-Blitz-de-noun-hR5DvUSi Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of German entries with language name categories using raw markup: 36 64 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography Related terms: Blitzableiter, Blitzaktion, blitzeblank, Blitzeinschlag, Blitzeis, Blitzkarriere, Blitzkrieg, Blitzlicht, blitzsauber, Blitzschach, Blitzschlag, Gedankenblitz, Kugelblitz, Lichtblitz

Inflected forms

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