zu|schlagen
Translation
to slam shut, to strike, to snap up (an offer), to assign
Examples
Die Tür ist zugeschlagen.
The door has slammed shut.
Er hat bei dem Angebot sofort zugeschlagen.
He immediately snapped up the offer.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) ((zu))schlagen to slam sth. shut To schlag a door zu.
bei sth. ((zu))schlagen to snap up sth. Bei this offer you have to zuschlagen.
Similar Words
zuknallen (to slam shut); Antonyms: aufmachen (to open)
Etymology
From `zu-` (shut, closed) and `schlagen` (to hit, strike). Literally 'to hit shut'.
Memory Tips
Imagine 'hitting' (schlagen) a door 'shut' (zu). For the meaning 'to snap up', think of an auctioneer's hammer 'hitting' the block to 'close' the deal.