See also: Kurz

Czech edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the past participle of Latin curro.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurs]
  • (file)

Noun edit

kurz m inan (related adjective kurzovní)

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

Declension edit

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Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • kurz in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

German edit

Etymology edit

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 English curt, Swedish kort.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʊʁt͡s/, [kʰʊɐ̯t͡s]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • (file)

Adjective edit

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

  1. short, brief
  2. concise

Declension edit

Adverb edit

kurz

  1. briefly, in short

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

Adjective edit

kurz

  1. short

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Middle High German: kurz, korz, kurt

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Deverbal from kurzyć. Compare Czech kouř.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kurz m inan

  1. dust

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Verb edit

kurz

  1. second-person singular imperative of kurzyć

Further reading edit

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