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)

Concepts

stud

stollen

tunnel

gallery

fruit loaf

fruit cake

level

backup measure

calk

adit

stulm

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃtɔlən/

Etymology

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”).

Sentences

Aus unbekannter Zeit stammt ein Stollen unter der Burg .

A tunnel under the castle dates from an unknown time.