# blitzblank

blitzblank is a German adjective meaning “shiny”.

## In other languages

- Русский: начищенный до блеска, сверкающий чистотой

## Meanings

1. shiny, spick and span
   - Unterhalb dieses Gesimses glänzten die Orgelpfeifen blitzblank, wie das Tafelsilber, wenn Großmamas Diener es eben geputzt hatten. — Below that moulding the pipe organs shone spick and span, like the silverware after it had just been polished by grandma's servants.

## Examples

- Die Toiletten waren blitzblank. — The toilets were immaculate.

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