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Etymology

Deverbal from blixta, which is itself from blixa. More under entry blixtra. Cognate of German Blitz and Dutch bliksem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɪkːst/
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Noun

blixt c

  2. (a bolt of) lightning, a lightning bolt (a single discharge of lightning)
    Synonym: ljungeld
    Det är en myt att blixten aldrig slår ner två gånger på samma ställe.
    It is a myth that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
    Två blixtar slog ned i samma träd.
    Two bolts of lightning struck the same tree.
    • 1929, Hjalmar Söderberg, Resan till Rom [The Trip to Rome]‎, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
      Och jag, jag störtade ut i natten, i åska och störtregn. Blixtarna lyste min väg.
      And I—I rushed out into the night, into thunder and pouring rain. The lightning bolts lit my way.
    • 1933, Selma Lagerlöf, Jerusalem II: I det heliga landet [In the Holy Land]‎, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
      Hon gick några steg ännu. Därpå störtade hon till marken liksom träffad av blixten.
      She took a few more steps. Then she collapsed to the ground, as if struck by lightning.
    • 2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Matteusevangeliet [Matthew] 28:3”, in Bibel 2000‎, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 29 August 2025:
      Hans utseende var som blixten och hans kläder vita som snö.
      His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.
  3. a flash (burst of light)
  4. a flash (device which can produce a short burst of light, e.g. for photography)

Usage notes

  • In compounds, it may also refer to something which happens very quickly.

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

Derived terms

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