Noun: Blitz
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Blitz |
| Plural | Blitze |
Definite
| Singular | der Blitz |
| Plural | die Blitze |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Blitzes |
| Plural | Blitze |
Definite
| Singular | des Blitzes |
| Plural | der Blitze |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Blitz; Blitze |
| Plural | Blitzen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Blitz; Blitze |
| Plural | den Blitzen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Blitz |
| Plural | Blitze |
Definite
| Singular | den Blitz |
| Plural | die Blitze |
Sample Sentences
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Ein Blitz erhellte die Nacht. (A bolt of lightning lit the night.)
Nouns inflected like Blitz
Kruzifix,
Alltagsstress,
Schauprozess,
Schokoladekeks,
Stichtag,
Längenkreis,
Ammoniumsalz,
Vogelschiss,
Speiseröhrenkrebs,
Zahnschutz,
Spritpreis,
Flachkopfwels,
Bienenwachs,
Flüssiggas,
Strafprozess,
Markträumungspreis,
Selensalz,
Raummass,
Rauhputz,
Identitätsnachweis, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. 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.
2. Cognates
3. See also Old Saxon bliksmo (“lightning”), Old English blæcern (“candlestick”), Dutch bliksem, Ancient Greek φλέγω (phlégō, “to burn, blaze”), Sanskrit भ्राज (bhrāja, “to radiate, sparkle”), Latin fulgur (“lightning”). See: English Nouns '
bleak', Dutch Nouns '
bliksem', Latin Nouns '
fulgur'.
Verbs referencing "Blitz"
Danish Nouns
blitz, Swedish Nouns
blixt, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
blits, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
blits, Russian Nouns
блиц, English Nouns
blitzer, Romanian Nouns
bliț.
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