kort

Meaning

Adj

short

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular, third-person) inflection of korten:
2. (form-of, imperative) inflection of korten:

korten

1. (transitive) to shorten
2. (transitive) to reduce in money (especially income)

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Concepts

short

brief

concise

succinct

terse

curtly

briefly

ping

small

to the point

acute

nonverbose

choppy

close

compendious

concisely

curt

mini

Opposite of

lang

Synonyms

beknopt

bondig

kernachtig

zakelijk

summier

kortstondig

klein

karig

gering

korte

dichte

krap

dichtbij

dicht

niet lang

samengevat

Translations

kurz

corto

court

curto

corto

kısa

kurt

breve

brevis

breve

kin

concis

bref

bündig

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔrt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: cort

Inherited from Old Dutch: kurt

In summary

Inherited from Middle Dutch cort, from Old Dutch curt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, an early borrowing from Latin curtus.

Sentences

Ik zal proberen het kort te houden .

I will try to be reasonably brief.

Ze was te kort om over het hek heen te kijken .

She was too short to look over the fence.

Vervolgens zou ik nog kort iets willen zeggen over de crisis .

Next, I would just like to say a few words about the crisis.

Ik zal kort op drie punten ingaan .

I shall briefly mention three of them.

Kunnen we hier even stoppen voor een kort toiletbezoek?

Can we stop here for a short visit to the toilet?

Ik denk dat we kort moeten recapituleren hoe we tot dit punt zijn gekomen .

I think we should remember briefly how we come to be here.