verb🔗ShareAbkürzen, verkürzenTo shorten by omitting parts or details."We often abbreviate "United States of America" to "USA." "Wir kürzen „United States of America“ oft zu „USA“ ab.languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbkürzen, verkürzenTo speak or write in a brief manner."To save time, the teacher asked the students to abbreviate their answers. "Um Zeit zu sparen, bat der Lehrer die Schüler, ihre Antworten abzukürzen.languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbkürzen, verkürzenTo make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned."To save time, we abbreviated the meeting by only discussing the most important items. "Um Zeit zu sparen, haben wir das Meeting abgekürzt, indem wir nur die wichtigsten Punkte besprochen haben.languagewritingcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAbkürzen, verkürzenTo reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form."To save space, the teacher instructed us to abbreviate the title of the novel. "Um Platz zu sparen, wies uns der Lehrer an, den Titel des Romans abzukürzen.languagewritingwordgrammarcommunicationlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareKürzen, vereinfachenTo reduce to lower terms, as a fraction."You can abbreviate the fraction 4/8 to 1/2. "Du kannst den Bruch 4/8 zu 1/2 kürzen.mathnumbertechnicallanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAbkürzungAn abridgment.""Etc." is a common abbreviate for "et cetera." "„Usw.“ ist eine gebräuchliche Abkürzung für „et cetera“.languagewritingwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAbgekürzt, verkürztAbbreviated; abridged; shortened."The school's newsletter used an abbreviated version of the schedule to save space. "Der Newsletter der Schule verwendete eine abgekürzte Version des Stundenplans, um Platz zu sparen.languagewordgrammarwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAbgekürzt, verkürztHaving one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type."Her abbreviated skirt was not appropriate for the conservative office environment. "Ihr verkürzter Rock war für die konservative Büroumgebung nicht angemessen.partappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading