kurz.
short, quick, brief
Meaning & usage
short, quick, brief
Wir haben eine kurze Pause gemacht.
short
Das Kabel ist zu kurz, es reicht nicht bis zur Steckdose.
short, concise, succinct (of words or writing)
eine kurze Zusammenfassung
near (being the closest to the shooting position, especially of the goal)
Er schoss den Ball vorbei am Torwort ins kurze Eck.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, from Latin curtus. Compare also native Old High German *skurz, scurz and Middle High German schurz. Cognate with Dutch and Low German kort, English curt, Swedish kort.
briefly (for a short extent)
Ich habe kurz nicht zugehört, was hat er gesagt?
just, shortly (a short time or way removed from a reference point)
kurz vor fünf Uhr
kurz nach Beginn der Veranstaltung
in short (summarized succinctly)
Kurz, das Projekt ist zum Scheitern verurteilt.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, from Latin curtus. Compare also native Old High German *skurz, scurz and Middle High German schurz. Cognate with Dutch and Low German kort, English curt, Swedish kort.
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