blitzen

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, weak) to lighten
  2. (intransitive, weak) to flash
  3. (intransitive, weak) to sparkle
  4. (transitive, weak) to flash

Frequency

21k
Etymology

In summary

From earlier blickzen, from Middle High German bleczen, from Old High German blechazan, bleckezzen, blekkezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *blikkattjan (“to shine, glitter”).

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