schließen

/[ˈʃliːsn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

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Confusables

0

similar word pairs

schließen is aGermanverb. It means: eine Öffnung oder den Verschluss einer solchen zumachen Pronounced [ˈʃliːsn̩].

Key facts for schließen
PropertyValue
Headwordschließen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈʃliːsn̩]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

schließen is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for schließen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈʃliːsn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for schließen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is schließen, spelled S-C-H-L-I-E-S-S-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Öffnung oder den Verschluss einer solchen zumachen
  2. 2
    zugehen, zumachbar sein, geschlossen werden
  3. 3
    eine Schlussfolgerung machen
  4. 4
    einen Vorgang beenden
  5. 5
    den Verkauf in einem Geschäft temporär einstellen (indem man das Geschäft zumacht)
  6. 6
    ein Geschäft aufgeben; für immer zumachen
  7. 7
    einen Stromkreis komplettieren

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schließen"?
"schließen" is spelled S-C-H-L-I-E-SS-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃliːsn̩].
What does "schließen" mean?
As a verb, "schließen" means: eine Öffnung oder den Verschluss einer solchen zumachen
How do you pronounce "schließen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schließen" is [ˈʃliːsn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schließen" come from?
"schließen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.