schürzen

From Schurz (“apron”) +‎ -en. Compare English shorten.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʏʁt͡sən/

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• Hyphenation: schür‧zen

schürzen (weak, third-person singular present schürzt, past tense schürzte, past participle geschürzt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, of clothes) to gather up

   Synonym: raffen

2. (transitive, of body parts) to wrinkle, to purse
3. (transitive, obsolete) to tie

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• “schürzen” in Duden online
• “schürzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schürzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “schürzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon