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mehrgleisig

German, adjective/ˈmeːɐ̯ˌɡlaɪ̯zɪç/

mehrgleisig is spelled M-E-H-R-G-L-E-I-S-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 278,604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mehrgleisig is a German adjective meaning “multitrack (of a railway)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehrere Gleise besitzend”.

What does mehrgleisig mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    multitrack (of a railway)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. mehrere Gleise besitzend 2. mehrere Optionen offenhaltend

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 mehrgleisig

  • mehrgleisiger masculine nominative singular
  • mehrgleisige feminine nominative singular
  • mehrgleisiges neuter nominative singular
  • mehrgleisigen genitive masculine singular
  • mehrgleisigem dative masculine singular
  • der mehrgleisige definite includes-article masculine
  • die mehrgleisige definite feminine includes-article
  • das mehrgleisige definite includes-article neuter
  • die mehrgleisigen definite includes-article nominative
  • des mehrgleisigen definite genitive includes-article
  • der mehrgleisigen definite feminine genitive
  • dem mehrgleisigen dative definite includes-article
  • den mehrgleisigen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mehrgleisig?

  • /ˈmeːɐ̯ˌɡlaɪ̯zɪç/
  • /ˈmeːɐ̯ˌɡlaɪ̯zɪk/
  • [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌɡlaɪ̯zɪç]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is mehrgleisig in German?

mehrgleisig appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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