German

Alternative forms

• Geleise (now very rare)

Noun

Gleis n ‎(genitive Gleises, plural Gleise)

1. railway (track on which trains run)

Usage notes

• In German train stations, trains are announced as leaving from a numbered railway, not a platform. Platforms (Bahnsteige) give access to one or two railways, and are usually not numbered themselves.

Declension

Derived terms

• entgleisen
• Gleisbett

See also

• Bahnsteig
• Eisenbahn
• Schiene

English

Noun

gleis

1. plural of glei

Verb

gleis

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of glei