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der, die oder das Gleis?

das Gleis

It's das Gleis. Gleis is neuter, plural die Gleise.

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Plural
die Gleise
Meaning
platform, track
In our course
A1
City & transport · also A2, B1, B2, C1, C2

Example

  • Der Zug fährt von Gleis 5.

    The train leaves from platform 5.

Why das?

No rule for this one

No ending or word group predicts the article of Gleis. Learn it as a pair and say it out loud: das Gleis.