"abbreviate" in German to abbreviate kürzen abkürzen verkürzen Detailed translations for "abbreviate" to abbreviate to abbreviate(also: to clip, to curtail, to trim) kürzen to abbreviate(also: to curtail, to cut across country) abkürzen There must be something you can do to abbreviate your plan. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Es muss etwas geben, das Ihren Plan abkürzen kann. I didn't realize you could... abbreviate it. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Ich wusste nicht, dass man das abkürzen kann. to abbreviate(also: to curtail, to abridge sth.) verkürzen{transitive verb}