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German
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”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Gleis n (strong, genitive Gleises, plural Gleise)
- 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)
- (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.
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References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*laisō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 324
Further reading
- “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
Noun
Gleis f (plural Gleisen)
- railway (track on which trains run), track
- (uncountable) (slang) milk