schließen

• schliessen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃliːsn̩], [ˈʃliːsən]

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• Hyphenation: schlie‧ßen

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.

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• 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.

• zumachen

• aufmachen
• öffnen

• “schließen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schließen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “schließen” in Duden online
• “schließen” in OpenThesaurus.de