kürzlich

German

Etymology

kurz +‎ -lich

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏʁtslɪç/
  • (file)

Adverb

kürzlich

  1. recently, lately (in the recent past)
    Synonyms: jüngst, letztens, letzthin, neulich, unlängst
  2. (obsolete) shortly, soon (in the near future)

Adjective

kürzlich (strong nominative masculine singular kürzlicher, not comparable)

  1. (generally only with events) recent
    die kürzlichen Erfolge ― the recent successes

Usage notes

  • With things, rezent can be used, but this is literary. See the lemma for more.

Declension

Further reading

  • “kürzlich” in Duden online
  • “kürzlich” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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