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Gleis
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gleis gléis
German
de 2021 June 19
Alternative forms
de Geleise Switzerland Austria
Etymology
The contemporary form is shortened from de Geleise, from de gmh geleis track, cognate with gmh leise, from goh leisa, from de gem-pro *laisǭ track, trail, from de ine-pro *leys-eh₂-, from ine-pro *leys- to trace, track.324 *laisō-
Pronunciation
de /ɡlaɪ̯s/
de De-at-Gleis.ogg Austria
de De-Gleis.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aɪ̯s 1
Noun
n
railway track on which trains run
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(individual) track
Usage notes
In German and Swiss train stations, trains are announced as leaving from a numbered track, not a platform. Platforms (de Bahnsteig Bahnsteige) give access to one or two tracks, and are usually not numbered themselves.
Declension
n
Derived terms
de adjectives eingleisig mehrgleisig
de nouns Abstellgleis Bahngleis Gleisänderung Gleisbett
de verbs aufgleisen entgleisen
See also
de Bahnsteig
de Eisenbahn
de Schiene
References
Further reading
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From lb gmh geleis track. Compare de Gleis.
Noun
n Gleisen Gleiser
railway (track on which trains run), track
lb uncountable slang milk
Further reading