adjective
short
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Kurz means short or brief (length or duration). Adjective and adverb (e.g., kurz vor = shortly before). Gradable: comparative kürzer, superlative am kürzesten. Antonym lang. Not a participle. No irregular declension but note vowel change in comparative. Used attributively before nouns or predicatively and adverbially.
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Die Pause war heute nur sehr kurz.
The break was very short today.
Die Pause war kurz, obwohl die Studenten mehr Zeit verlangten.
The break was short, although the students demanded more time.
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a short pencil stub
rhymes with English 'curts' — think 'curt' meaning brief
not applicable
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Can describe length in space or time.