Schloss
German, noun
Schloss is spelled S-C-H-L-O-S-S (7 letters) and appears 69 times per million words in written German, the 1,232nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schloss is a German neuter noun meaning “lock, padlock (something used for fastening)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schloss is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of schließen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “an einen Zugang montierte Schließvorrichtung”.
What does Schloss mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlock, padlock (something used for fastening)
hinter Schloss und Riegel
- 2
neuterlock (firing mechanism)
- 3
neutercastle (château, palace, not fortified)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of schließen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. an einen Zugang montierte Schließvorrichtung 2. prunkvolles und repräsentatives Wohngebäude 3. Schnappverschluss 4. Teil einer Feuerwaffe, welcher die Ladung zündet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schloss
- Schlosses genitive
- Schlösser plural
- Schlösschen diminutive neuter
- Schlösslein diminutive neuter
- Schlosserl diminutive neuter
- Schlosse dative singular
- Schlössern dative definite plural
- Schloß alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schloss
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schloss in German?
Schloss appears 69 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).