Geleise

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈlaɪ̯zə/
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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, 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.[1] 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

References
  1. Gleis+Gleise, Geleise at Google Ngram Viewer

Further reading
  • “Geleise” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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