# short

> German word · Verb · IPA [ʃɔːɐ̯t] · frequency rank #11,751

## Definitions
1. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs shorten

## Easily confused with
- **Show** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-show)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-spot)
- **soft** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-soft)
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-shot)
- **sorg** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-sorg)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-sort)
- **shut** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-shut)
- **Sport** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-sport)
- **Start** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-start)
- **sorgt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-sorgt)
- **story** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-story)
- **stört** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-stort)
- **smart** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-smart)
- **sorte** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-sorte)
- **store** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-store)
- **spart** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-spart)
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-shows)
- **spürt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-spurt)
- **storm** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-storm)
- **Spott** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/short-vs-spott)

## Common misspellings (8)
`hsort`, `shhort`, `shorrt`, `shortt`, `shotr`, `shrot`, `sohrt`, `sshort`

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