Blitzkrieg

See also: blitzkrieg

German

Etymology

From Blitz (“lightning”) +‎ Krieg (“war”), coined in the runup to the Second World War to denote the "lightning fast" military campaigns planned by the German forces.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɪtskʁiːk/

• Audio:

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Noun

Blitzkrieg m (strong, genitive Blitzkrieges or Blitzkriegs, plural Blitzkriege)

1. blitzkrieg

Declension

Declension of Blitzkrieg [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Blitzkrieg	die	Blitzkriege
genitive	eines	des	Blitzkrieges, Blitzkriegs	der	Blitzkriege
dative	einem	dem	Blitzkrieg, Blitzkriege1	den	Blitzkriegen
accusative	einen	den	Blitzkrieg	die	Blitzkriege

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → Esperanto: fulmomilito (calque)
• → Dutch: bliksemoorlog (calque)
• English: Blitzkrieg, blitzkrieg
• Polish: blitzkrieg
• Portuguese: Blitzkrieg, blitzkrieg

See also

• Sitzkrieg

Further reading

• “Blitzkrieg” in Duden online
• “Blitzkrieg” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Blitzkrieg on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de