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Gleis

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See also: gleis and gléis

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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  • 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

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*laisō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 324

Further reading

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  • 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

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Noun

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Gleis f (plural Gleisen)

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