Verb

kürzen

Translation

to shorten, to cut, to reduce, to abridge

Ich muss die Hose kürzen lassen.

I have to get the pants 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 pants.

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

((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)

Derived from the adjective 'kurz', meaning 'short'. The verb means 'to make short'.

Connects directly to 'kurz' (short). To 'kürzen' something is to make it shorter, whether it's pants or a budget.