Verb

kürzen

Translation

to shorten, to cut, to reduce, to abridge

Ich muss die Hose kürzen lassen.

I have to get the trousers shortened.

Wir müssen die Ausgaben kürzen.

We have to cut expenses.

Der Artikel wurde stark gekürzt.

The article was heavily abridged.

((sth.)) to shorten/cut sth. I need to shorten these trousers.

((sth.)) ((by sth.)) to shorten sth. by an amount She shortened the skirt by five centimetres.

((sb.dat)) ((sth.acc)) to cut sth. for sb. The company cut the employees' salaries.

verkürzen (to shorten), reduzieren (to reduce); Antonyms: verlängern (to lengthen)

A verb derived from the adjective 'kurz' (short). It literally means 'to make short'.

Think of making something 'kurz' (short). This applies to length, time, text, and money.