schließen

See also: schliessen

German

Alternative forms

• schliessen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From Middle High German slieȥen, from Old High German sliozan, from Proto-Germanic *sleutaną. Akin to Old Saxon slūtan, Dutch sluiten, English slot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃliːsn̩], [ˈʃliːsən]

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Verb

1. (transitive or intransitive) to shut; to close; to shut down
2. (transitive or intransitive) to lock
3. (transitive or intransitive) to conclude; to end; to close
4. (transitive) to come to (an agreement); to enter into (a relationship); to reach (a settlement)
5. (transitive or intransitive) to gather; to conclude; to come to realize

Conjugation

Template:de-conj-irr-schließen Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense forms were schloß and schloßt, while the reform spellings are schloss and schlosst.

Synonyms

• zumachen

Antonyms

• aufmachen
• öffnen

Derived terms

Derived terms

• abschließen
• anschließen
• aufschließen
• ausschließen
• beschließen

• einschließen
• entschließen
• erschließen
• schließbar

• Schließfach
• Schließung
• umschließen
• verschließen
• zuschließen

Related terms

• schließlich
• Schloss
• Schluss

Further reading

• “schließen” in Duden online