Glied

German

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Arm Bein Flügel Bogen

Etymology

From Middle High German glit, gelit, from Old High German gilid, collective derivation from lid, from Proto-Germanic *liþuz. Cognate with Dutch lid, gelid, dialectal English lith. Also related with English limb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡliːt/

• Audio (Germany):

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

Glied n (strong, genitive Gliedes or Glieds, plural Glieder)

1. (anatomy) external body part
   1. (usually) limb, joint

      Synonym: Gliedmaße

   2. (euphemistic) genital organ, (especially) the male one, the penis, member
   3. (archaic) any other external body part
2. member, part
3. link (in a chain)
4. (military) group of (usually three) soldiers standing or marching next to each other in a formation, (loosely also) the formation as a whole
5. (mathematics) term

Declension

Declension of Glied [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Glied	die	Glieder
genitive	eines	des	Gliedes, Glieds	der	Glieder
dative	einem	dem	Glied, Gliede1	den	Gliedern
accusative	ein	das	Glied	die	Glieder

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Körperglied (“limb”)

Derived terms

• Bindeglied
• Gliederreißen
• Gliederschmerz
• Hinterglied
• Ruhe im Glied
• Stellglied (“final control element”)
• Vorderglied

Related terms

• gliedern
• Mitglied

Further reading

• Glied on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Glied” in Duden online
• “Glied” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache