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Detailed Translations for abbreviate from English to German

abbreviate:

to abbreviate verb (abbreviates, abbreviated, abbreviating)

  1. to abbreviate (shorten)
    abkürzen; verkürzen; kürzen
    • abkürzen verb (kürze ab, kürzt ab, kürzte ab, kürztet ab, abgekürzt)
    • verkürzen verb (verkürze, verkürzt, verkürzte, verkürztet, verkürzt)
    • kürzen verb (kürze, kürzst, kürzt, kürzte, kürztet, gekürzt)
  2. to abbreviate (shorten)
    verkürzen; kürzen
    • verkürzen verb (verkürze, verkürzt, verkürzte, verkürztet, verkürzt)
    • kürzen verb (kürze, kürzst, kürzt, kürzte, kürztet, gekürzt)

Conjugations for abbreviate:

present
  1. abbreviate
  2. abbreviate
  3. abbreviates
  4. abbreviate
  5. abbreviate
  6. abbreviate
simple past
  1. abbreviated
  2. abbreviated
  3. abbreviated
  4. abbreviated
  5. abbreviated
  6. abbreviated
present perfect
  1. have abbreviated
  2. have abbreviated
  3. has abbreviated
  4. have abbreviated
  5. have abbreviated
  6. have abbreviated
past continuous
  1. was abbreviating
  2. were abbreviating
  3. was abbreviating
  4. were abbreviating
  5. were abbreviating
  6. were abbreviating
future
  1. shall abbreviate
  2. will abbreviate
  3. will abbreviate
  4. shall abbreviate
  5. will abbreviate
  6. will abbreviate
continuous present
  1. am abbreviating
  2. are abbreviating
  3. is abbreviating
  4. are abbreviating
  5. are abbreviating
  6. are abbreviating
subjunctive
  1. be abbreviated
  2. be abbreviated
  3. be abbreviated
  4. be abbreviated
  5. be abbreviated
  6. be abbreviated
diverse
  1. abbreviate!
  2. let's abbreviate!
  3. abbreviated
  4. abbreviating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for abbreviate:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abkürzen abbreviate; shorten cut back; pare; prune; trim
kürzen abbreviate; shorten abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut; cut back; cut close; cut down; cut short; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; lessen; make smaller; mark down; pare; prune; reduce; regress; scale down; shorten; shrink away; skim; trim; waining
verkürzen abbreviate; shorten abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; shorten; trim
- abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten

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Antonyms for "abbreviate":


Related Definitions for "abbreviate":

  1. shorten1
  2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements1

Wiktionary Translations for abbreviate:

abbreviate
verb
  1. to reduce to lower terms
  2. to make shorter
abbreviate
verb
  1. transitiv, Linguistik: in Schrift und Druck abkürzen oder durch ein Zeichen ersetzen

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
abbreviate summieren; zusammenfassen; abkürzen; verkürzen abrégerrendre plus court.
abbreviate abkürzen; verkürzen raccourcirrendre plus court.