how to pronounce kürzen

/ˈkʏʁtsən/

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kürzen is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of kürzen in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… sozialausgaben kürzen steuern erhöhen …”

meanings of kürzen

verb:

To abbreviate.
To shorten.
To cancel (a fraction, equation or term).
To abridge.

kürzen frequency in german - C2 level of CEFR

the word kürzen occurs in german on average 4.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.