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From the past participle of Latin curro.

kurz m inan (related adjective kurzovní)

  1. course (period of learning)
  2. course (direction of movement of a vessel)
  3. rate (in exchange rate)
  • kurz in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

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.

  • IPA(key): /kʊʁt͡s/, [kʰʊɐ̯t͡s]

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

  1. short, brief
  2. concise

Comparative forms of kurz

Superlative forms of kurz

kurz

  1. briefly, in short
  • kurz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kurz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kurz” in Duden online

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.

kurz

  1. short

Deverbal from kurzyć. Compare Czech kouř.

kurz m inan

  1. dust

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kurz

  1. second-person singular imperative of kurzyć
  • kurz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kurz in Polish dictionaries at PWN