kurz
German, adjective/kʊʁt͡s/
kurz is spelled K-U-R-Z (4 letters) and appears 269 times per million words in written German, the 333rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kurz is a German adjective meaning “short, quick, brief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “wenig Länge habend”.
What does kurz mean in English?
adjective
- 1
short, quick, brief
Wir haben eine kurze Pause gemacht.
- 2
short
Das Kabel ist zu kurz, es reicht nicht bis zur Steckdose.
- 3
short, concise, succinct (of words or writing)
eine kurze Zusammenfassung
- 4
near (being the closest to the shooting position, especially of the goal)
Er schoss den Ball vorbei am Torwort ins kurze Eck.
adverb
- 1
briefly (for a short extent)
Ich habe kurz nicht zugehört, was hat er gesagt?
- 2
just, shortly (a short time or way removed from a reference point)
kurz vor fünf Uhr
- 3
in short (summarized succinctly)
Kurz, das Projekt ist zum Scheitern verurteilt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. wenig Länge habend 2. wenig Worte benötigend 3. wenig Zeit benötigend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of kurz
- kurzer masculine nominative singular
- kürzer comparative
- am kürzesten superlative
- kurze feminine nominative singular
- kurzes neuter nominative singular
- kurzen genitive masculine singular
- kurzem dative masculine singular
- der kurze definite includes-article masculine
- die kurze definite feminine includes-article
- das kurze definite includes-article neuter
- die kurzen definite includes-article nominative
- des kurzen definite genitive includes-article
- der kurzen definite feminine genitive
- dem kurzen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kurz?
- /kʊʁt͡s/
- [kʰʊɐ̯t͡s]
- [kʊʁt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kurz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kurz in German?
kurz appears 269 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).