Adjektiv

ungekürzt

unabridged, uncut, unshortened

Ich lese die ungekürzte Fassung des Romans.

I am reading the unabridged version of the novel.

Der Film wurde ungekürzt gezeigt.

The film was shown uncut.

((attributive)) unabridged ... the unabridged version

((adverbial)) ... uncut The film was shown uncut.

Synonyms: complete, integral; Antonyms: shortened, abridged

From the prefix 'un-' (not) + 'gekürzt' (shortened, past participle of 'kürzen'). Literally means 'not shortened'.

Think of 'un-cut' or 'un-shortened'. 'kurz' means 'short', so 'kürzen' is to make something short. 'ungekürzt' is the opposite.

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