Masculine

Stollen

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) gallery; tunnel (long cavity in rock, usually man-made, but sometimes natural)
  2. (masculine, strong) stud; cleat (protrusion on a shoe, especially a football shoe)
  3. (masculine, strong) stollen (kind of cake)

Synonyms

Wandelgang

Weihnachtsstollen

Stolleneingang

Minengang

Rutschverhinderer

Kniehose

Zugangsstollen

Frequency

26k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃtɔlən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German stolle, from Old High German stollo (“prop, post”), from Proto-Germanic *stullô (“support, post”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”).

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