umschließen

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German

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Etymology

um- +‎ schließen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊmˈʃliːsən/
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  • Hyphenation: um‧schlie‧ßen

Verb

umschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present umschließt, past tense umschloss, past participle umschlossen, past subjunctive umschlösse, auxiliary haben)

  1. to encompass, to embrace, to surround
    Synonyms: umgeben, umfassen

Usage notes

  • Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as umschloß, umschlossest/umschloßt, umschloß, umschlossen, umschloßt, umschlossen, while the reformed spellings use umschloss- consistently.

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