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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German besliezen, from Old High German bisliozan, from Proto-West Germanic *bisleutan. Equivalent to be- + schließen. Cognate with Dutch besluiten.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present beschließt, past tense beschloss, past participle beschlossen, past subjunctive beschlösse, auxiliary haben)
- to conclude, end; to terminate
- Synonym: beenden
- to resolve, decide, determine
- Synonym: entscheiden
- (archaic) to confine, enclose; to close up
Usage notes
[edit]- Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as beschloß, beschlossest/beschloßt, beschloß, beschlossen, beschloßt, beschlossen, while the reformed spellings use beschloss- consistently.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | beschließen | ||||
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present participle | beschließend | ||||
past participle | beschlossen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich beschließe | wir beschließen | i | ich beschließe | wir beschließen |
du beschließt | ihr beschließt | du beschließest | ihr beschließet | ||
er beschließt | sie beschließen | er beschließe | sie beschließen | ||
preterite | ich beschloss | wir beschlossen | ii | ich beschlösse1 | wir beschlössen1 |
du beschlossest du beschlosst |
ihr beschlosst | du beschlössest1 du beschlösst1 |
ihr beschlösset1 ihr beschlösst1 | ||
er beschloss | sie beschlossen | er beschlösse1 | sie beschlössen1 | ||
imperative | beschließ (du) beschließe (du) |
beschließt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beschließen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “beschließen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “beschließen” in Duden online
- “beschließen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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