Translation of “shorter” to German

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Dictionary: "shorter" - translations and examples

shorter adverb

kürzer

He was rather shorter with me.

Mir gegenüber war er um einiges kürzer angebunden.

short [ʃɔ:t] adjective

shorter / shortest

kurz

I got the short straw.

Ich habe den kürzeren gezogen.

plötzlich (time)

Exemples with "shorter"

He was rather shorter with me. Mir gegenüber war er um einiges kürzer angebunden.

In the winter, days are shorter. Im Winter sind die Tage kürzer.

The shorter the proverb, the more questions. Je kürzer ein Sprichwort ist, desto mehr Fragen wirft es auf.

A lunar month is shorter than a calendar month. Ein Mondmonat ist kürzer als ein Kalendermonat.

With the coming of winter, days are getting shorter. Mit der Ankunft des Winters werden die Tage immer kürzer.

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