kurz

See also: Kurz

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the past participle of Latin curro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurs]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kurz m inan (relational adjective kurzovní)

  1. course (period of learning)
  2. course (direction of movement of a vessel)
  3. rate (in exchange rate)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kurz”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kurz (strong nominative masculine singular kurzer, comparative kürzer, superlative am kürzesten)

  1. (temporal) short, quick, brief
    Antonym: lang
  2. (spatial) short
    Antonyms: lang, weit
  3. concise, succinct, in short

Declension

Adverb

kurz

  1. briefly, in short

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kurz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kurz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kurz” in Duden online

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kurt, a very late borrowing from Latin curtus, therefore forms with and without shift of -t-. Compare a similar situation in German Pforte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kurt͡s/

Adjective

kurz

  1. short

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle High German: kurz, korz, kurt

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuʂ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uʂ
  • Syllabification: kurz
  • Homophones: kórz, Kurz, Kusch, kusz, Kusz

Etymology 1

Deverbal from kurzyć. Compare Czech kouř, Russian белоку́рый (belokúryj).

Noun

kurz m inan

  1. dust
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kurz

  1. second-person singular imperative of kurzyć

Further reading

  • kurz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kurz in Polish dictionaries at PWN