Stange

See also: stange

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Stange

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• agenst, Gnesta, agents, Tegans, Agents

German

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German stanga, from Proto-Germanic *stangō. Compare English stang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaŋə/
• Rhymes: -aŋə

• Audio:

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Noun

Stange f (genitive Stange, plural Stangen)

1. pole; bar; rod; post (a long stick, usually round and of metal, but also of other material, especially when fixed somewhere)
2. small straight glass for beer (especially Kölsch)
3. (of cigarettes) carton (lengthy box containing several packets)
4. (colloquial) a lot (especially of money); a packet

   eine Stange Geld ― a lot of money

5. (in von der Stange or compounds) run-of-the-mill, chiefly with clothes (referring to the poles on which clothes are presented in large fashion shops)

   Stangenkleidung ist mir nicht individuell genug.

   I find run-of-the-mill garments lacking in individuality.

6. (Austria, sports) crossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts)

   Synonym: Latte

Declension

Declension of Stange [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Stange	die	Stangen
genitive	einer	der	Stange	der	Stangen
dative	einer	der	Stange	den	Stangen
accusative	eine	die	Stange	die	Stangen

Hyponyms

• Brechstange
• Fahnenstange
• Salzstange

 

Related terms

• Stängel
• von der Stange
• Stangenware

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ща́нга (štánga)
• → Macedonian: шта́нга (štánga)
• → Russian: шта́нга (štánga) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian: шта́нга

Further reading

• “Stange” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Stange” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Stange” in Duden online
• “Stange” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Stange on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Stange”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaŋə/

Noun

Stange f

1. plural of Stang

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Stange

1. A municipality of Hedmark, Norway

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Stange

1. A municipality of Hedmark, Norway