German edit

Etymology edit

kurz +‎ -lich

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏʁtslɪç/
  • (file)

Adverb edit

kürzlich

  1. recently, lately (in the recent past)
    Synonyms: jüngst, letztens, letzthin, neulich, unlängst
  2. (obsolete) shortly, soon (in the near future)

Adjective edit

kürzlich (strong nominative masculine singular kürzlicher, not comparable)

  1. (generally only with events) recent
    die kürzlichen Erfolgethe recent successes

Usage notes edit

  • With things, rezent can be used, but this is literary. See the lemma for more.

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • kürzlich” in Duden online
  • kürzlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache