Blitz

== 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɪts/ Rhymes: -ɪts === 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 === Further reading === The Blitz on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Biltz == German == === Alternative forms === Bliz (obsolete) === 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 === IPA(key): /blɪts/ === Noun === Blitz m (strong, genitive Blitzes, plural Blitze) (meteorology) a bolt of lightning (photography) flash ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== blitzartig blitzen Geblitze f ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “Blitz” in Duden online “Blitz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Blitz” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Blitz”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891