See also: gleis and gléis

German edit

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Etymology edit

The contemporary form is shortened from the variant Geleise, from Middle High German geleis (track), cognate with Middle High German leise, from Old High German leisa.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡlaɪ̯s/
  • Audio (Austria):(file)
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun edit

Gleis n (strong, genitive Gleises, plural Gleise)

  1. railway (track on which trains run)
    • 2020 August 26, Dieter Fockenbrock, “Sorge um Corona-Infektionen: Bahnindustrie setzt auf neue Technologien”, in Handelsblatt:
      Das soll unter anderem 20 Prozent mehr Kapazitäten etwa durch dichtere Zugfolgen auf dem Netz schaffen, ohne einen Kilometer neues Gleis bauen zu müssen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (individual) track

Usage notes edit

  • In German train stations, trains are announced as leaving from a numbered track, not a platform. Platforms (Bahnsteige) give access to one or two tracks, and are usually not numbered themselves.

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Further reading edit

  • Gleis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Gleis” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Gleis” in Duden online
  •   Gleis on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Luxembourgish edit

Noun edit

Gleis f (plural Gleisen)

  1. railway (track on which trains run), track
  2. (uncountable) (slang) milk