Schloss

See also: schloss, schloß, and Schloß

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schloss.

Proper noun

Schloss (plural Schlosses)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schloss is the 14349^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2085 individuals. Schloss is most common among White (89.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schloss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Alemannic German

Etymology

Cognate to German Schloss.

Noun

Schloss n (plural Schlösser)

1. castle
2. lock

German

Schloss (sense 3) Surenburg

Alternative forms

• Schloß (pre-1996 orthography)

Etymology

From Middle High German sloȥ, from Old High German sloȥ, ablaut to the verb schließen. Cognate with Dutch slot (“lock”), Hunsrik Schloss (“lock”), English slot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃlɔs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

Schloss n (strong, genitive Schlosses, plural Schlösser, diminutive Schlösschen n or Schlösslein n)

1. lock, padlock (something used for fastening)

   hinter Schloss und Riegel ― in prison, under lock and key

2. (firearms) lock (firing mechanism)
4. (architecture) castle (château, palace, not fortified)

Declension

Declension of Schloss [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Schloss	die	Schlösser
genitive	eines	des	Schlosses	der	Schlösser
dative	einem	dem	Schloss, Schlosse1	den	Schlössern
accusative	ein	das	Schloss	die	Schlösser

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

lock

• Bügelschloss
• Fahrradschloss
• Sicherheitsschloss
• Türschloss
• Vorhängeschloss
• Zahlenschloss
• Zündschloss
• Zylinderschloss

gun mechanism

• Luntenschloss
• Perkussionsschloss
• Radschloss
• Steinschloss

castle

• Barockschloss
• Jagdschloss
• Königsschloss
• Luftschloss
• Lustschloss
• Märchenschloss
• Mittelalterschloss
• Renaissanceschloss
• Residenzschloss
• Rokokoschloss
• Sommerschloss
• Spukschloss
• Stadtschloss
• Traumschloss
• Wasserschloss

Derived terms

• Schlösschen
• Schlösslein

Related terms

castle

• Schlossberg
• Schlossgarten
• Schlossgraben
• Schlosshund
• Schlosskapelle
• Schlosskirche
• Schlosspark
• Schlossplatz
• Schlosssportal
• Schlosstor
• Schlosswache

lock

• Schlosssbügel
• Schlossschraube

• Schlosser, Schlüssel, schließen, Schluss, Verschluss

Further reading

• “Schloss”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Schloss” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Schloss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schloss” in Duden online
• Schloss on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German slōz, from Old High German sloz, from Proto-Germanic *slutą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlos/
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: Schloss

Noun

Schloss n (plural Schlesser)

1. lock

   Das Schloss is kaputt.

   The lock is broken.

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schloss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 143

Pennsylvania German

Orthographic variants

German-based	Schloss
English-based	shlŭs

En Schloss.

Etymology

From Middle High German sloz, from Old High German sloz, from Proto-West Germanic *slot.

Cognates include German Schloss and English slot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlʌs/
• Rhymes: -ʌs
• Hyphenation: Schloss

Noun

Schloss n (plural Schlesser)

1. lock

References

• J. C. Lins (1895), “Shluss”, in Common sense Pennsylvania German dictionary, Reading: J. C. Lins, page 130
• A. R. Horne (1910), Horne's Pennsylvania German manual (third edition), Allentown, Pennsylvania: T. K. Horne, page 283
• M. B. Lambert (1924), “schloss”, in A Dictionary of the Non-English Words of the Pennsylvania-German Dialect, Lancaster: Lancaster Press
• Marcus Bachman Lambert (2016), “Schloss”, in Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary (in Pennsylvania German), PDEC