das Glied
/ɡliːt/
external body part; limb, joint; member, part; link
- genitive
- des Gliedes
- plural
- die Glieder
Meanings
- 1
external body part; limb, joint
Er lief so schnell, wie seine Glieder ihn tragen konnten.
He ran as fast as his limbs could carry him.
Tatoeba · Mandalay · CC BY 2.0 FR
Immer bricht das schwächste Glied.
Tatoeba · Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
member, part
- 3
link — in a chain
Eine Kette ist nicht stabiler als ihr schwächstes Glied.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
Tatoeba · Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR
Eine Kette bricht an ihrem schwächsten Glied.
A chain fails at its weakest link.
Tatoeba · Espi · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 4
external body part; genital organ, (especially) the male one, the penis, memberrare
- 5
external body part; any other external body partrare
- 6
group of (usually three) soldiers standing or marching next to each other in a formation, (loosely also) the formation as a wholerare
- 7
termrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dasGlied | dieGlieder |
| accusative | dasGlied | dieGlieder |
| dative | demGlied | denGliedern |
| genitive | desGliedes | derGlieder |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.