Gleis
German, noun/ɡlaɪ̯s/
Gleis is spelled G-L-E-I-S (5 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written German, the 9,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gleis is a German neuter noun meaning “railway (track on which trains run)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge, der aus zwei parallel verlaufenden Schienen besteht”.
What does Gleis mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterrailway (track on which trains run)
- 2
neutertrack
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fahrweg für Schienenfahrzeuge, der aus zwei parallel verlaufenden Schienen besteht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Gleis
- Gleises genitive
- Gleise plural
- Gleisen dative definite plural
- Geleise alternative Austria Switzerland
- Geleis variant archaic
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gleis?
- /ɡlaɪ̯s/
- [ɡlaɪ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gleis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gleis in German?
Gleis appears 7.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).