Polyglot Dictionary

kürzen

/ˈkʏʁtsn̩/

verb B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
kürzt
past
kürzte
perfect
hat gekürzt

Meaning

  1. to shorten, to cut

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

verkürzen

kürzen and verkürzen are close synonyms for "to shorten," largely interchangeable; kürzen also has a "to cut (a budget or pay)" sense.

Similar in other languages

English

reduce

reduce is the English word for the same thing — both mean "to shorten, to cut, to reduce."

Practice

1 What does kürzen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Man hat die Gehälter ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches kürzen?

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