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Kurzer

German, noun

Kurzer is spelled K-U-R-Z-E-R (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kurzer is a German masculine noun meaning “shot (small glass of liquor)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kurzer is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative masculine singular”. On this page, kürzer is a different word: “comparative degree of kurz”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schnaps, der in 2-cl- oder 4-cl-Gläsern serviert wird”.

What does Kurzer mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    informalmasculineshot (small glass of liquor)

adjective

as kurzer
  1. 1

    masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular

  2. 2

    femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular

  3. 3

    strong genitive plural

adjective

as kürzer
  1. 1

    comparative degree of kurz

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Schnaps, der in 2-cl- oder 4-cl-Gläsern serviert wird 2. Kurzschluss

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 Kurzer

  • der Kurze definite nominative
  • Kurzen genitive
  • Kurze plural
  • die Kurzen definite plural
  • Kurzem dative singular strong
  • des Kurzen genitive singular
  • der Kurzen genitive plural
  • dem Kurzen dative singular
  • den Kurzen dative plural
  • ein Kurzer nominative singular
  • keine Kurzen nominative plural
  • eines Kurzen genitive singular
  • keiner Kurzen genitive plural
  • einem Kurzen dative singular
  • keinen Kurzen dative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Kurzer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Kurzer in German?

Kurzer appears 32 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).

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