Blitzen

See also: blitzen

English

Alternative forms

• Blixen, Blixem

Etymology

First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. Named from Dutch bliksem (“lightning”), and perhaps influenced by the German form Blitz.

Proper noun

Blitzen

1. The eighth and last reindeer of Santa Claus.

Coordinate terms

Santa Claus's reindeer

• Comet
• Cupid
• Dancer
• Dasher
• Donner
• Prancer
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Vixen

 

Derived terms

• donder and blitzen

Translations

reindeer of Santa Claus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閃電／闪电 (zh) (Shǎndiàn)

• Finnish: Salama
• French: Éclair m
• Greek: Αστραπή (el) f (Astrapí)
• Italian: Lampo m
• Japanese: ブリッツェン (Burittsen)
• Polish: Błyskawiczny m
• Portuguese: Relâmpago m
• Spanish: Relámpago m, Rayo (es) m

Anagrams

• blintze

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Blitzen n

1. dative plural of Blitz