Schloss

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Schloss. === Proper noun === Schloss (plural Schlosses) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Schloss is the 14349th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2085 individuals. Schloss is most common among White (89.64%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schloss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == Alemannic German == === Etymology === Cognate to German Schloss. === Noun === Schloss n (plural Schlösser) castle lock == German == === Alternative forms === Schloß (pre-1996 orthography) === Etymology === From Middle High German sloȥ, from Old High German sloȥ, ablaut to the verb schließen. Cognate with Dutch slot (“lock”), Hunsrik Schloss (“lock”), English slot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃlɔs/ Rhymes: -ɔs === Noun === Schloss n (strong, genitive Schlosses, plural Schlösser, diminutive Schlösschen n or Schlösslein n) lock, padlock (something used for fastening) hinter Schloss und Riegel ― in prison, under lock and key (firearms) lock (firing mechanism) (architecture) castle (château, palace, not fortified) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schlosser, Schlüssel, schließen, Schluss, Verschluss === Further reading === “Schloss”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Schloss” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Schloss” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Schloss” in Duden online Schloss on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German slōz, from Old High German sloz, from Proto-Germanic *slutą. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlos/ Rhymes: -os Syllabification: Schloss === Noun === Schloss n (plural Schlesser) lock === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schloss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 143 == Pennsylvania German == === Etymology === From Middle High German sloz, from Old High German sloz, from Proto-West Germanic *slot. Cognates include German Schloss and English slot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃlʌs/ Rhymes: -ʌs Hyphenation: Schloss === Noun === Schloss n (plural Schlesser) lock === References === J. C. Lins (1895), “Shluss”, in Common sense Pennsylvania German dictionary, Reading: J. C. Lins, page 130 A. R. Horne (1910), Horne's Pennsylvania German manual (third edition), Allentown, Pennsylvania: T. K. Horne, page 283 M. B. Lambert (1924), “schloss”, in A Dictionary of the Non-English Words of the Pennsylvania-German Dialect, Lancaster: Lancaster Press Marcus Bachman Lambert (2016), “Schloss”, in Pennsylvania Dutch Dictionary (in Pennsylvania German), PDEC