Gleis
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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The contemporary form is shortened from Geleise, from Middle High German geleis (“track”), cognate with Middle High German leise, from Old High German leisa, from Proto-Germanic *laisǭ (“track, trail”), from Proto-Indo-European *leys-eh₂-, from *leys- (“to trace, track”).[1]
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 and Swiss 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]
Derived terms
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]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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