kürzertreten
German, verb[ˈkʏʁt͡sɐˌtʁeːtn̩]
kürzertreten is spelled K-Ü-R-Z-E-R-T-R-E-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kürzertreten is a German verb meaning “to economize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei etwas bescheidener werden, sich mäßigen”.
What does kürzertreten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to economize
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bei etwas bescheidener werden, sich mäßigen 2. bei etwas zurückhaltender werden, sich schonen
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 kürzertreten
- tritt kürzer present singular third-person
- trat kürzer past
- kürzergetreten participle past
- träte kürzer past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 5 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- kürzertretend participle present
- kürzerzutreten infinitive infinitive-zu
- trete kürzer first-person indicative present
- treten kürzer first-person indicative plural
- trittst kürzer indicative present second-person
- tretet kürzer indicative plural present
- tretest kürzer second-person singular subjunctive
- traten kürzer first-person indicative plural
- träten kürzer first-person formal plural
- tratest kürzer indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kürzertreten?
- [ˈkʏʁt͡sɐˌtʁeːtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kürzertreten in German?
kürzertreten appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).