schürzen

See also: Schürzen

German

Etymology

From Schurz (apron) +‎ -en. Compare English shorten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʏʁt͡sən/
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  • Hyphenation: schür‧zen

Verb

schürzen (weak, third-person singular present schürzt, past tense schürzte, past participle geschürzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, of clothes) to gather up
    Synonym: raffen
  2. (transitive, of body parts) to wrinkle, to purse
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to tie

Conjugation

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