Hi, Andreas - discussing English with Ausländer often helps me learn my own language. Webster's New World Dictionary says gelignite is pronounced JEL-ig-nite or je-LIG-nite with the accent on the capitalized syllable. I would have thought it would have been pronounced with a hard "G" as in "go," but the dictionary says I was mistaken. The definition says it's a mixture of mixture of nitroglycerin, nitrocellulose, and other nasty things, and that it's also called gelatin dynamite. Now we know. Your transcription is correct, and my pronunciation has been corrected - thanks to you.
-Joe Offer-