curt

[US]/kɜːt/
[UK]/kɜːrt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. kort og præcis; afvæbnende; groft sagt kortfattet.

Phrases & Collocations

a curt reply

et kortfattet svar

a curt tone

en kortfattet tone

Example Sentences

He gave me an extremely curt answer.

Han gav mig et ekstremt kortfattet svar.

a curt notice had been posted on the door.

en kortfattet meddelelse var blevet opsat på døren.

He dismissed them with a curt nod.

Han afviste dem med et kortfattet nik.

she quenched Anne by a curt command to hold her tongue.

Hun stillede Annes tørst med en kortfattet ordre om at holde mund.

I received a curt letter telling me I was in arrears on my mortgage payments.

Jeg modtog et kort brev, der fortalte mig, at jeg var i restance med mine realkreditlån.

He said, “It seemed like Curt was trading too aggressively and too riskily and yet was getting rewarded for it.

Han sagde: "Det virkede som om Curt handlede for aggressivt og for risikabelt, og alligevel blev han belønnet for det."

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