Definition
A sudden visible electrical discharge in the sky, usually occurring during a storm.
Translations
- English
- lightning
- Français
- éclair
- Türkçe
- şimşek
- Polski
- błyskawica
- Русский
- молния
- Українська
- блискавка
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Blitz
- B1
- Noun
- Weather & Seasons
- Nature & Environment
lightning
/deːɐ̯ blɪt͡s/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Blitze
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Weather & SeasonsPrimaryNature & Environment
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Ein heller Blitz erleuchtete den ganzen Himmel.NominativSing.A bright flash illuminated the entire sky.
- Wir sahen einen Blitz über dem dunklen Wald.AkkusativSing.We saw a flash over the dark forest.
- Bei dem Blitz zuckte das Pferd erschrocken zurück.DativSing.At the flash, the horse recoiled in fright.
- Die Helligkeit des Blitzes überraschte alle.GenitivSing.The brightness of the flash surprised everyone.
- Mehrere Blitze erhellten den Nachthimmel.NominativPlur.Several flashes lit up the night sky.
- Die Kamera konnte die Blitze kaum aufnehmen.AkkusativPlur.The camera could barely capture the flashes.
- Nach den Blitzen folgte sofort der Donner.DativPlur.The thunder followed immediately after the flashes.
- Die Helligkeit der Blitze war beeindruckend.GenitivPlur.The brightness of the flashes was impressive.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Blitz/blɪt͡s/
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Article phrase
der Blitz/deːɐ̯ blɪt͡s/
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Plural
Blitze/ˈblɪt͡sə/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Blitz | die Blitze |
| Akkusativ | den Blitz | die Blitze |
| Dativ | dem Blitz | den Blitzen |
| Genitiv | des Blitzes | der Blitze |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein greller Blitz
- Collocationein Blitz schlägt ein
- Collocationeinen Blitz sehen
- Prepositional constructionvon einem Blitz getroffen werdenvon + Dativ
- Sentence patternDer Blitz erhellt den Himmel.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termEntladung
A Blitz is a visible electrical Entladung; Entladung more generally also refers to invisible or technically generated electrical processes.
- Broader termNaturerscheinung
A Blitz is a Naturerscheinung, whereas Naturerscheinung as a hypernym also encompasses weather and other natural events.
- Related termDonner — thunder
Blitz and Donner are different phenomena that typically occur together in a thunderstorm.
- Semantically relatedGewitter — thunderstorm
The Blitz is a typical isolated phenomenon within a thunderstorm, but it does not refer to the entire weather event.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word
„Blitz“ is synchronically a simple word; no productive compound or derivation is posited.
Word family
- blitzen
- Blitzableiter
- Blitzlicht
- Blitzschlag