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kurz +‎ schließen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊʁt͡sˌʃliːsn̩/
  • Hyphenation: kurz‧schlie‧ßen
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Verb edit

kurzschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present schließt kurz, past tense schloss kurz, past participle kurzgeschlossen, past subjunctive schlösse kurz, auxiliary haben)

  1. to short-circuit
  2. (colloquial) contact, get in touch
  3. to falsely conclude

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  • Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as schloß kurz, schlossest/schloßt kurz, schloß kurz, schlossen kurz, schloßt kurz, schlossen kurz, while the reformed spellings use schloss- consistently.

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