Geleise

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlaɪ̯zə/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯zə

Noun

Geleise n (strong, genitive Geleises, plural Geleise)

1. (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

This form was still in use (alongside Gleis) for some time after 1950. At present, however, it is virtually obsolete in Germany.

Declension

Declension of Geleise [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Geleise	die	Geleise
genitive	eines	des	Geleises	der	Geleise
dative	einem	dem	Geleise	den	Geleisen
accusative	ein	das	Geleise	die	Geleise

Derived terms

• Nebengeleise

Further reading

• “Geleise” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache