kurz

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Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the past participle of Latin curro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkurs]
  • audio:(file)

Noun

kurz m inan

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

Declension

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Derived terms

Further reading


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 English curt, Swedish kort.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kurz

  1. short

Derived terms

Descendants


Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Deverbal from kurzyć. Compare Czech kouř.

Pronunciation

Noun

kurz m inan

  1. dust

Usage notes

There are two words that overlap semantically with English dust. The first one is kurz, which refers to airborne dust that settles on things as a form of pollution. The second is pył, which is neutral and refers to any very finely divided solid substance. For instance, the phrase I swiped the dust from the shelves would be equivalent to Starłem kurz z półek, but the compound coal dust would be translated as pył węglowy.

Declension

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