kurz

See also: Kurz

Czech

Alternative forms

• kurs

Etymology

Latin curro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurs]

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Noun

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

Derived terms

• měnový kurz
• kurzovné
• kurzovní

Related terms

Related terms

• diskurz
• exkurz
• exkurze
• konkurence
• konkurent
• konkurovat
• konkurz
• korzár
• korzo
• kurentní
• kurikulum
• kurýr
• kurziva
• kurzivní
• kurzor
• prekurzor
• rekurence
• rekurentní
• rekurovat
• rekurze
• rekurzivita
• rekurzivní

Further reading

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-Germanic *kurtaz, from Latin curtus. Compare also native Old High German *skurz, scurz and Middle High German schurz. Cognate with English curt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊʁt͡s/, [kʰʊɐ̯t͡s]

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Adjective

kurz (comparative kürzer, superlative am kürzesten)

1. short, brief
2. concise

Adverb

kurz

1. briefly, in short

Derived terms

• kurz vor
• kurzab
• Kürze
• kürzen
• kurzfristig
• kurzkettig
• kürzlich
• Kurzmitteilung
• Kurzschluss
• Kurzschrift
• Kurzstrecke
• Kurzzeichen
• megakurz, superkurz, ultrakurz
• verkürzen
• Vokuhila

 

Further reading

• “kurz” in Duden online

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• churt, churz, kurt

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kurtaz, 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

• kurzī

Descendants

• Middle High German: kurz, korz, kurt
  • Central Franconian: kurt, kurz, korz; koot

    Hunsrik: korz

    Luxembourgish: kuerz

  • German: kurz
  • Yiddish: קורץ (kurts)

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Polish

Etymology

Deverbal of kurzyć. Compare Czech kouř.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuʂ/

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• Homophone: kusz

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

Declension of kurz

	singular	plural
nominative	kurz	kurze
genitive	kurzu	kurzów
dative	kurzowi	kurzom
accusative	kurz	kurze
instrumental	kurzem	kurzami
locative	kurzu	kurzach
vocative	kurzu	kurze

Related terms

• kurzyć
• zakurzony

Verb

kurz

1. second-person singular imperative of kurzyć

Further reading

• kurz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
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