# schürt vs short

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### schürt
*verb · IPA [ʃyːɐ̯t] · frequency rank #33,284*
2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs schüren

### short
*verb · IPA [ʃɔːɐ̯t] · frequency rank #11,751*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shorten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/schurt-vs-short