schließen
See also: schliessen
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German slieȥen, from Old High German sliozan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan. Akin to Old Saxon slūtan, Dutch sluiten, English slot.
Pronunciation
Verb
schließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present schließt, past tense schloss, past participle geschlossen, past subjunctive schlösse, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive or intransitive) to shut; to close; to shut down
- Das Geschäft schließt um 18.00 Uhr.
- The store will close at 6 p.m.
- (transitive or intransitive) to lock
- (transitive or intransitive) to conclude; to end; to close
- (transitive) to come to (an agreement); to enter into (a relationship); to reach (a settlement)
- (transitive or intransitive) to gather; to conclude; to come to realize
- 2021, Georg Heiß, Martin Löhnig, Nomos-Kommentar BGB Familienrecht, 4th edition, 1376 Rn. 38:
- Sind die Anteile unveräußerlich, so kann nicht darauf geschlossen werden, dass diese Anteile deswegen wertlos sind, denn dem Inhaber verbleibt der volle Nutzungswert.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
infinitive | schließen | ||||
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present participle | schließend | ||||
past participle | geschlossen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schließe | wir schließen | i | ich schließe | wir schließen |
du schließt | ihr schließt | du schließest | ihr schließet | ||
er schließt | sie schließen | er schließe | sie schließen | ||
preterite | ich schloss | wir schlossen | ii | ich schlösse1 | wir schlössen1 |
du schlossest du schlosst |
ihr schlosst | du schlössest1 du schlösst1 |
ihr schlösset1 ihr schlösst1 | ||
er schloss | sie schlossen | er schlösse1 | sie schlössen1 | ||
imperative | schließ (du) schließe (du) |
schließt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Usage notes
- Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as schloß, schlossest/schloßt, schloß, schlossen, schloßt, schlossen, while the reformed spellings use schloss- consistently.
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Related terms
- Schließanlage
- Schließdienst
- Schließfach
- Schließmechanismus
- Schließmuskel
- Schließverzögerung
- Schloss
- Schluss
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