schließen

Etymology
From, from , from , from ,. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

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

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.