schlossen

Schlossen is the simple past tense (Präteritum) form of the German verb schließen, meaning to close or shut. It is used to describe a completed action in the past, such as closing a door, a shop, or a deal, in narrative or written past tense.

Conjugation and usage: In Präteritum, the forms are ich schloss, du schlossest, er/sie/es schloss, wir schlossen, ihr schlost, sie schlossen. The second-person singular form schlossest is largely archaic or poetic in modern standard German, with schloss more commonly encountered in everyday writing and speech. An example: Wir schlossen die Tür hinter uns.

Past participle and related forms: The past participle of schließen is geschlossen. It is used with haben to form the present perfect and other compound tenses: Wir haben die Tür geschlossen. As an adjective, geschlossen means "closed": Der Laden ist geschlossen. The word geschlossen is distinct from the past tense schlossen, though they share the same verb root.

Etymology: The verb derives from Old High German slīzan, with a Proto-Germanic ancestry. It has cognates in other Germanic languages, such as Dutch sluiten, reflecting a common Germanic heritage for the meaning “to close.”

See also: Closed as an adjective; schließen in related senses such as “to conclude” or “to finalize” in phrases like einen Vertrag schließen (to finalize a contract). The form schlossen appears mainly in narrative past contexts and is not used for immediate actions described in the present or perfect tenses.