Blitzen

See also: blitzen

English

Alternative forms

• Blixen, Blixem

Etymology

First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”. Named from Dutch bliksem (“lightning”), and perhaps influenced by the German form Blitz.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Blitzen

1. The eighth and last reindeer of Santa Claus.

Coordinate terms

(Santa Claus's reindeer):

• Comet
• Cupid
• Dancer
• Dasher
• Donner
• Prancer
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
• Vixen

Derived terms

• donder and blitzen

Translations

reindeer of Santa Claus

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閃電 / 闪电 (zh) (Shǎndiàn)

• Finnish: Salama
• French: Éclair m
• Greek: Αστραπή (el) f (Astrapí)
• Italian: Lampo m
• Japanese: ブリッツェン (Burittsen)
• Polish: Błyskawiczny m
• Portuguese: Relâmpago m
• Spanish: Relámpago m, Rayo (es) m

Anagrams

• blintze

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Blitzen n

1. dative plural of Blitz