blitzkrieg

English

noun

Definitions

A fast, sudden military offensive, usually combining ground forces with air support.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blitzkrieg (lightning war).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Blitzkrieg

Gloss

lightning war

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

blitz English
Blitz German
Blitzkrieg German
Krieg German
blitz Italian
blitzkrieg Dutch, Flemish
блицкриг Russian
blitskrig Norwegian Bokmål
blitz Portuguese
blitskrig Norwegian Nynorsk
blickrig Serbo-Croatian
blitskrig Cebuano

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