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English
Etymology
Specific use of blitz. The Blitz was in truth not a blitzkrieg, which is a rapid ground offensive based on superior tank forces. However, the word was current at the time for the successful German campaigns in Poland and France, and was transferred to the attacks on Britain, perhaps by association of Blitz (“lightning”) with the bombings.
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Proper noun
the Blitz
- (historical) The series of air raids launched on various cities in the United Kingdom by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II.
- Synonym: Baedeker raids
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German blitze (“lightning”), from Old High German blëcchazzen; compare English bleak and bleach. Synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from blitzen (“to flash”), see there for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
Blitz m (strong, genitive Blitzes, plural Blitze)
- (meteorology) a bolt of lightning
Ein Blitz erhellte die Nacht.- A bolt of lightning lit the night.
- (photography) flash
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References
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Blitz”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Blitz”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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