Gleis

See also: gleis and gléis

German

FWOTD – 19 June 2021

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

  • 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

Declension of Gleis [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gleis die Gleise
genitive eines des Gleises der Gleise
dative einem dem Gleis, Gleise1 den Gleisen
accusative ein das Gleis die Gleise

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
verbs

See also

References

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

Further reading

  • “Gleis”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
  • “Gleis” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Gleis” in Duden online
  • Gleis on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German geleis (“track”). Compare German Gleis.

Noun

Gleis n (plural Gleisen or Gleiser)

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

Further reading

  • Gleis in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire
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