Kort

1. short [adjective, adverb] (qualification of length / distance)

Examples:
– "In de winter zijn de dagen kort."
("During the winter, days are short.")

– "Dit is een korte DWOTD."
("This is a short DWOTD.")

– "Hoe was je weekend?" – "Veel te kort!"
("How was your weekend?" – "Way too short!")

– "Mijn broek is te kort!"
("My pants are too short!")

Expression:
"Aan het kortste eind trekken": to lose, literally: "to pull the shortest end".

2. brief [adjective, adverb] (qualification of time period)

Examples:
– "Ik hou het kort."
("I’ll keep it brief/short.")

– "Frank hield een korte presentatie voor het management."
("Frank held a brief presentation for the management.")

Related words:
– "Korten": to shorten, to cut (financially).
– "Inkorten": to shorten (of trousers for example), to cut down, to abbreviate.
– "Lang": long.
– "Klein": small.

The word "kort" appeared earlier in "DWOTD 38. Tram".