Etymology

blitzkrieg

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Today it means: A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support. Full definition →

German Blitzkrieg
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromBlitzkrieg
  2. English todayblitzkrieg

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

Words from the same roots

GermanBlitzkrieg all →

blitzlightning war

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.