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- German · calque ofKugelblitz
- English todayball lightning
A calque of German Kugelblitz.
Words from the same roots
GermanKugelblitz all →
kugelblitz
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ball lightning
Today it means: A short-lived glowing ball sometimes observed to float in the air and thought to consist of ionized gas associated with thunderstorms. Full definition →
German Kugelblitz