schlossest

Schlossest is the archaic or literary form of the German verb schließen in the second person singular past tense (Präteritum). It appears in Early New High German and continues to be found in older texts, poetry, and certain stylistic or historical writings. In contemporary everyday German, this form is rarely used; the past tense for du is typically expressed with the present perfect (du hast geschlossen) or, in narrative contexts, the simple past of the third person rather than the second person.

The form du schlossest (also seen as du schlossest) reflects older German verb conjugation patterns, where the suffix -est marks the second person singular in the Präteritum. The stem of schließen is irregular in the past tense (ich schloss, du schlossest, er schloss, wir schlossen, ihr schlosst, sie schlossen), which is how schlossest arises.

Commonly, readers encounter schlossest in historical novels, translations of older works, or pedagogical materials that aim to illustrate older grammar. It should not be confused with Schloss, the noun meaning castle (capitalized) in German. When translating or writing in modern German, speakers would typically replace schlossest with a modern past construction such as du hast geschlossen or simply narrative uses of er schloss die Tür.