schlossern
German, verb
schlossern is spelled S-C-H-L-O-S-S-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlossern is a German verb meaning “to do the job of a metalworker or fitter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Schlössern is a different word: “dative plural of Schloss”. With a capital, Schlossern is a different word: “dative plural of Schlosser”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schlosserarbeiten ausführen”.
What does schlossern mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto do the job of a metalworker or fitter
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Schloss
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schlosser
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Schlosserarbeiten ausführen
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 schlossern
- schlossert present singular third-person
- schlosserte past
- geschlossert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schlossernd participle present
- schlossre first-person indicative present
- schlossere first-person indicative present
- schlosser first-person indicative present
- schlosserst indicative present second-person
- schlosserest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlossrest second-person singular subjunctive
- schlosseret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlossret plural second-person subjunctive
- schlosserten first-person indicative plural
- schlossertest indicative preterite second-person
- schlossertet indicative plural preterite
- schlosser! imperative singular
- schlossere! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schlossern in German?
schlossern appears 1.3 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).