schließen
[ˈʃliːsn̩]
The verdict
“schließen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Öffnung oder den Verschluss einer solchen zumachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-schlie-en · schließen · German
schließen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schließen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʃliːsn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „schließen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
schließen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʃliːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
schließen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schließen, spelled S-C-H-L-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine Öffnung oder den Verschluss einer solchen zumachen
- 2zugehen, zumachbar sein, geschlossen werden
- 3eine Schlussfolgerung machen
- 4einen Vorgang beenden
- 5den Verkauf in einem Geschäft temporär einstellen (indem man das Geschäft zumacht)
- 6ein Geschäft aufgeben; für immer zumachen
- 7einen Stromkreis komplettieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schließen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tür bitte schließen!
Hinter ihm schloss sich der Vorhang.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.