kürzen

See also: kurzen

German

Etymology

From Old High German kurz, from Latin curtus. See also kurz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏʁtsən/, [ˈkʰʏɐ̯tsn̩]
  • Hyphenation: kür‧zen

Verb

kürzen (third-person singular simple present kürzt, past tense kürzte, past participle gekürzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to shorten
  2. to abbreviate
  3. (literature) to abridge
  4. (mathematics) to cancel (a fraction, equation or term)

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