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Gleis

track

noun GLYSS Less Common
Travel & Places Transportation

Also means

platform

Usage Note

Gleis is the railway track or, by extension, the numbered platform you board from: Der Zug fährt auf Gleis 3 ('the train leaves from track 3'). The idiom aufs richtige Gleis bringen means 'to get back on track'.

Examples

"Der Zug fährt von Gleis vier."

Natural Translation

The train departs from track four.

Literal Translation

The train departs from track four.

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