Gleis

See also: gleis and gléis

German

Alternative forms

• Geleise (Switzerland, Austria)

Etymology

The contemporary form is shortened from the variant Geleise, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German geleis (“track”), itself pertaining to Middle High German leise, from Old High German leisa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlaɪ̯s/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

Gleis n (genitive Gleises, plural Gleise)

1. railway (track on which trains run)
2. (individual) track

Usage notes

• In German 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.

Derived terms

• entgleisen
• Gleisbett

See also

• Bahnsteig
• Eisenbahn
• Schiene

Further reading

• “Gleis” in Duden online