Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stollen

/ˈstɒlən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: stollen
IPA: /ˈstɒlən/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stollen. Doublet of stull.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: *stel-, Stollen

Usage

Inflected Forms

stollens (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Stoll Stolle stull

Rhymes With

fallen stalin pollen guatemalan befallen nolen pollan hollen dahlen collen bollen tholen

Questions

How do you pronounce stollen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɒlən/.
What does stollen mean?: A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.
Where does stollen come from?: It is traced to German.

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