to cut across in German is abkürzen (verb).
(present: ich kürze ab, du kürzt ab, er/sie/es kürzt ab)
(past: kürzte ab, hat abgekürzt)
- to shorten, to cut across, to abbreviate
- etwas kürzer machen, besonders einen Weg oder einen Text
- eine längere Form in eine kürzere umwandeln
Example:
- Wir müssen den Weg abkürzen.
- Man kann das Wort abkürzen.
- Er hat die Rede abgekürzt.
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