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

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

Adjective

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

  1. short, brief
  2. concise

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