Stange
See also: stange
English
Etymology
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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 (file)
Noun
Stange f (genitive Stange, plural Stangen)
- pole; bar; rod; post (a long stick, usually round and of metal, but also of other material, especially when fixed somewhere)
- small straight glass for beer (especially Kölsch)
- (of cigarettes) carton (lengthy box containing several packets)
- (colloquial) a lot (especially of money); a packet
- eine Stange Geld ― a lot of money
- (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.
- (Austria, sports) crossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts)
- Synonym: Latte
Declension
Hyponyms
Related terms
- Stängel
- von der Stange
- Stangenware
Descendants
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
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