Schloss

Borrowed from German Schloss.

Schloss (plural Schlosses)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schloss is the 14349^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2085 individuals. Schloss is most common among White (89.64%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Schloss”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Cognate to German Schloss.

Schloss n (plural Schlösser)

1. castle
2. lock

• Schloß (pre-1996 orthography)

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.

• IPA^(key): /ʃlɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɔs

Schloss n (strong, genitive Schlosses, plural Schlösser, diminutive Schlösschen n or Schlösslein n)

1. lock, padlock (something used for fastening)

   hinter Schloss und Riegel ― in prison, under lock and key

2. (firearms) lock (firing mechanism)
4. (architecture) castle (château, palace, not fortified)

• Schlosser, Schlüssel, schließen, Schluss, Verschluss

• “Schloss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “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

From Middle High German slōz, from Old High German sloz, from Proto-Germanic *slutą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlos/
• Rhymes: -os
• Syllabification: Schloss

Schloss n (plural Schlesser)

1. lock

   Das Schloss is kaputt.

   The lock is broken.

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schloss”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 143

Compare German Schloss, Dutch slot, English slot.

Schloss n (plural Schlesser)

1. lock