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verschließen

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See also: verschliessen

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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ver- +‎ schließen

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [fɛɐ̯ˈʃliːsn̩], [fɛɐ̯ˈʃliːsən]
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧schlie‧ßen

Verb

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verschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present verschließt, past tense verschloss, past participle verschlossen, past subjunctive verschlösse, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to close; to shut; to lock
  2. (transitive) to lock (something) up
    Sie verschloss den Schmuck in ihrem Tresor.
    She locked the jewel in her safe.

Usage notes

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  • Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as verschloß, verschlossest/verschloßt, verschloß, verschlossen, verschloßt, verschlossen, while the reformed spellings use verschloss- consistently.

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