kurz

From Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, from Latin curtus. Compare also native Old High German *skurz, scurz and Middle High German schurz. Cognate with English curt, Swedish kort.

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curt

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Sentences

Wenn Sie hier kurz unterschreiben würden .

If you would briefly sign here.

Ihre Mutter
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starb kurz nach ihrer Geburt .

Her mother died shortly after her birth.

Wir alle wissen , was kurz darauf folgte .

We all know what followed shortly after.

Die Zehen waren kurz und kräftig .

The toes were short and strong.

Er starb kurz vor der Fertigstellung des Abschlussberichts .

He died shortly before the final report was completed.

Kurz vor seinem Ableben hatte er
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das Gut an
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Christian Friedrich von Podewils veräußert .

Shortly before his death, he had sold the estate to Christian Friedrich von Podewils.

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