beschließen

See also: Beschließen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#BESCHLIESSENCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#BESCHLIESSEN besliezen, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Old High German#BESCHLIESSENCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#BESCHLIESSEN bisliozan, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BESCHLIESSENCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BESCHLIESSEN *bisleutan. Equivalent to be- + schließenCategory:German terms prefixed with be-#SCHLIESSEN. Cognate with Dutch besluiten.

Pronunciation

Verb

beschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present beschließt, past tense beschloss, past participle beschlossen, past subjunctive beschlösse, auxiliary haben)Category:German lemmas#BESCHLIESSENCategory:German verbs#BESCHLIESSENCategory:German strong verbs#BESCHLIESSENCategory:German class 2 strong verbs#BESCHLIESSENCategory:German verbs using haben as auxiliary#BESCHLIESSENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BESCHLIESSENCategory:Pages with entries#BESCHLIESSENCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BESCHLIESSEN

  1. to conclude, end; to terminate
    Synonym: beenden
  2. to resolve, decide, determine
    Synonym: entscheiden
  3. (archaicCategory:German terms with archaic senses#BESCHLIESSEN) to confine, enclose; to close up

Usage notes

  • Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as beschloß, beschlossest/beschloßt, beschloß, beschlossen, beschloßt, beschlossen, while the reformed spellings use beschloss- consistently.

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