kurzschließen

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German

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Etymology

kurz +‎ schließen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊʁt͡sˌʃliːsn̩/
  • Hyphenation: kurz‧schlie‧ßen
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Verb

kurzschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present schließt kurz, past tense schloss kurz, past participle kurzgeschlossen, past subjunctive schlösse kurz, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, electrical engineering) to short circuit
  2. (transitive, of a vehicle) to hot-wire
  3. (colloquial, figurative, reflexive) to contact, get in touch; to coordinate (with)
    Synonyms: absprechen, kontaktieren
    • 2019 December 1, Bernhard Pötter, “Probleme der UN-Klimakonferenz: Handeln statt verhandeln”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Erfinderinnen und Tüftler könnten sich mit denen kurzschließen, die ihr Geld sinnvoll investieren wollen.
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    • 2021 August 5, Kaija Kutter, quoting Ties Rabe, “Schulsenator über Schule in der Pandemie: „Andere Länder haben mehr Herz“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Wir werden diese Regel aber spätestens mit den Herbstferien noch einmal überprüfen und uns mit den anderen Bundesländern kurzschließen.
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  4. (intransitive) to falsely conclude

Usage notes

  • Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as schloß kurz, schlossest/schloßt kurz, schloß kurz, schlossen kurz, schloßt kurz, schlossen kurz, while the reformed spellings use schloss- consistently.

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