schließen

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See also: schliessen

German

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Etymology

From Middle High German slieȥen, from Old High German sliozan, from Proto-West Germanic *sleutan, from Proto-Germanic *slūtaną, *sleutaną (to lock, shut). Cognate with Old Saxon slūtan, Dutch sluiten, English slot.

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  • Hyphenation: schlie‧ßen

Verb

schließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present schließt, past tense schloss, past participle geschlossen, past subjunctive schlösse, auxiliary haben)

  1. (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.
  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
    • 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)

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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