Was heißt »ab­kür­zen« auf Englisch?

Das Verb »ab­kür­zen« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • take a short cut
  • shorten
  • cut short
  • curtail
  • abbreviate

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

So können wir den Weg abkürzen.

This way we can shorten the distance.

Synonyme

ab­bre­chen:
abort
break off
cancel
cease
demolish
discontinue
disrupt
drop out
pull down
stop
strike
tear down
withdraw
wreck
be­en­den:
close
complete
conclude
end
finish
terminate
wind up
ein­schrän­ken:
cut
limit
reduce
restrain
raf­fen:
snatch up

Antonyme

aus­schrei­ben:
spell out
write out
um­ge­hen:
avoid
bypass
circumvent
evade
work around

Englische Beispielsätze

  • Mary had her hair cut short.

  • In the German village of Brunsmark, Brexit is forcing Scotsman Iain Macnab to cut short his third term as mayor.

  • On July 16, 1439, King Henry VI banned kissing in England to curtail the spread of the plague.

  • The way his life was cut short is tragic.

  • Tom had his hair cut short.

  • Alice started being noticed a lot more after she had her hair cut short.

  • Please cut short your holiday and come back.

  • She had her hair cut short.

  • He had his hair cut short.

  • We abbreviate Sunday to Sun.

  • Do not shorten the morning by getting up late.

  • We ran out of time and had to cut short the interview.

  • High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.

  • Let's take a short cut.

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Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: abkürzen. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2022, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: abkürzen. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 2110634, 6428305, 8502502, 8624992, 3760094, 3171410, 10152481, 10767057, 316178, 302449, 281877, 277361, 263937, 244314 & 18652. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR