Geleise
German
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editGeleise n (strong, genitive Geleises, plural Geleise)
- (obsolete except Switzerland, Austria) Alternative form of Gleis
- 1913, Bernhard Kellermann, Der Tunnel[1], Berlin: S. Fischer, page 69:
- Einerlei, wer er war! Er hatte es fertiggebracht, das Tag um Tag gleichmäßig dahinsausende New York aus den Geleisen zu werfen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
editThis form was still in use (alongside Gleis) for some time after 1950.[1] At present, however, it is virtually obsolete in Germany.
Declension
editDeclension of Geleise [neuter, strong]
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editFurther reading
edit- “Geleise” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache