Gleis
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
Noun edit
Gleis n (strong, genitive Gleises, plural Gleise)
- 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)
- (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.
Declension edit
Declension of Gleis [neuter, strong]
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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)
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