Stollen
German edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Stollen m (strong, genitive Stollens, plural Stollen)
- (mining, geology) gallery; tunnel (long cavity in rock, usually man-made, but sometimes natural)
- (sports) stud; cleat (protrusion on a shoe, especially a football shoe)
- (cooking) stollen (kind of cake)
Declension edit
Declension of Stollen [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “Stollen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stollen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Stollen” in Duden online
- Stollen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de