blitzkrieg

blitzkrieg

See also: Blitzkrieg

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg (literally “lightning war”).

Noun

blitzkrieg (plural blitzkriegs)

Tanks, motor vehicles, and aircraft are essential in bringing a blitzkrieg operation into success.

1. A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
   • 1968, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger (lyrics and music), “Sympathy for the Devil”, in Beggars Banquet, performed by Rolling Stones:

     I rode a tank, held a general's rank / When the Blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

Derived terms

• blitz

Translations

fast military offensive

Albanian: please add this translation if you can Arabic: حَرْب خَاطِفَة‎ f (ḥarb ḵāṭifa) Armenian: բլիցկրիգ (hy) (blicʿkrig), կայծակնային պատերազմ (kaycaknayin paterazm) Belarusian: бліцкры́г m (blickrýh), мала́нкавая вайна́ f (malánkavaja vajná) Bulgarian: светка́вична война́ f (svetkávična vojná) Chinese: Mandarin: 閃電戰／闪电战 (zh) (shǎndiànzhàn) Czech: blesková válka (cs) f Danish: blitzkrig (da) c, lynkrig c Dutch: bliksemoorlog (nl) m, blitzkrieg (nl) m Esperanto: fulmomilito Estonian: välksõda Finnish: salamasota French: blitzkrieg (fr) m, guerre éclair (fr) f Georgian: ბლიცკრიგი (blicḳrigi) German: Blitzkrieg (de) m Greek: κεραυνοβόλος πόλεμος m (keravnovólos pólemos) Hebrew: מִלְחֶמֶת בָּזָק‎ (he) m (milkhémet bazák) Hungarian: villámháború (hu) Icelandic: leifturstríð n Italian: guerra lampo f, guerra celere f Japanese: 電撃戦 (でんげきせん, dengekisen) Khmer: សង្គ្រាមផ្លេកបន្ទោរ (sɑngkriəm phleik bɑntou) Korean: 전격전(電擊戰) (jeon'gyeokjeon) Latvian: zibenskarš m Lithuanian: blickrygas m Norwegian: Bokmål: blitskrig m, lynkrig (no) m Persian: حمله برق‌آسا‎ (hamle-ye barq-âsâ) Polish: blitzkrieg (pl) m, wojna błyskawiczna f Portuguese: blitzkrieg (pt) m, guerra-relâmpago f Romanian: război fulger n, blitzkrieg n Russian: блицкри́г (ru) m (blickríg), молниено́сная война́ f (molnijenósnaja vojná) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: бли̏цкрӣг m Roman: blȉckrīg (sh) m Slovak: blesková vojna f Slovene: bliskovita vojna f Spanish: guerra célere f, guerra relámpago f Swedish: blixtkrig (sv) c Tagalog: blitzkrig Tamil: மின்னலடித் தாக்குதல் (miṉṉalaṭit tākkutal) Thai: การโจมตีสายฟ้าแลบ (gaan-joom-dtii-sǎai-fáa-lɛ̂ɛp), บลิทซ์ครีค Turkish: yıldırım savaşı (tr) Ukrainian: бліцкри́г (uk) m (blickrýh), блискави́чна війна́ f (blyskavýčna vijná) Vietnamese: chiến tranh chớp nhoáng Yiddish: בליצקריג‎ m (blitskrig)

See also

• sitzkrieg

Further reading

• blitzkrieg on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblitsˌkrik/, /ˈblɪts-/, /-krix/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: blitz‧krieg

Noun

blitzkrieg m (uncountable)

1. blitzkrieg

Synonyms

• bliksemoorlog

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Blitzkrieg. First attested in 1936.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblit͡s.krik/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -it͡skrik
• Syllabification: blitz‧krieg

Noun

blitzkrieg m inan

1. blitzkrieg

   taktyka blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg tactic

   błyskawiczny blitzkrieg ― lightning fast blitzkrieg

   doktryna blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg doctrine

   niemiecki blitzkrieg ― German blitzkrieg

   koncepcja blitzkriegu ― the concept of blitzkrieg

   strategia blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg strategy

   teoria blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg theory

   idea blitzkriegu ― blitzkrieg idea

Declension

Declension of blitzkrieg

	singular
nominative	blitzkrieg
genitive	blitzkriegu
dative	blitzkriegowi
accusative	blitzkrieg
instrumental	blitzkriegiem
locative	blitzkriegu
vocative	blitzkriegu

References

1. blitzkrieg in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

• blitzkrieg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• blitzkrieg in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

blitzkrieg f or m (plural blitzkriegs)

1. blitzkrieg (fast military offensive)

   Synonym: guerra-relâmpago

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg.

Noun

blitzkrieg n (uncountable)

1. blitzkrieg

Declension

declension of blitzkrieg (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) blitzkrieg	blitzkriegul
genitive/dative	(unui) blitzkrieg	blitzkriegului
vocative	blitzkriegule