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stollen

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈstɒlən/
  • /ˈʃtoʊl.ən/
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  • rhymes with -ɒlən
  • CMU ARPABET: S T AA1 L AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stollen. Doublet of stull.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إشتولن — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Bulgarian: що́лен (štólen) — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Czech: štóla — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Dutch: kerststol — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Dutch: kerststronk — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Dutch: stol — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • French: stollen — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • German: Stollen — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • German: Christstollen — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • German: Weihnachtsstollen — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Japanese: シュトレン — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Korean: 슈톨렌 (syutollen) — a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time