beschließen

== German == === Alternative forms === beschliessen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) === Etymology === From Middle High German besliezen, from Old High German bisliozan, from Proto-West Germanic *bisleutan. Equivalent to be- +‎ schließen. Cognate with Dutch besluiten. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈʃliːsən/, [bɘˈʃliːsn̩] Hyphenation: be‧schlie‧ßen === Verb === beschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present beschließt, past tense beschloss, past participle beschlossen, past subjunctive beschlösse, auxiliary haben) to conclude, end; to terminate Synonym: beenden to resolve, decide, determine Synonym: entscheiden (archaic) 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. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Beschließen, Beschließer, Beschließung beschließend, beschlossen ==== Related terms ==== Beschluss === Further reading === “beschließen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “beschließen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “beschließen” in Duden online “beschließen” in OpenThesaurus.de