stollen

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/ˈstɒlən//ˈʃtoʊl.ən/

noun

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

OriginGerman Stollen →
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Meanings

nounstollen (countable and uncountable, plural stollens)

plural stollens

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

Origin

  1. GermanStollen
  2. Englishstollen

Borrowed from German Stollen. Doublet of stull.

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Translations

Arabic إشتولن
  • إشتولنa traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
Bulgarian що́лен
  • що́лен (štólen)a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
Czech štóla
  • štólaa traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
Dutch kerststol, kerststronk
  • kerststola traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • kerststronka traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • stola traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
French stollen
  • stollena traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
German Stollen, Christstollen
  • Stollena traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Christstollena traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
  • Weihnachtsstollena traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
Japanese シュトレン
  • シュトレンa traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time
Korean 슈톨렌
  • 슈톨렌 (syutollen)a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with stollen

pollen
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Anagrams

Nostell
Cite this entry
APA

stollen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stollen

MLA

“stollen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stollen. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stollen,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stollen.

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