stollen
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stollen
1925–30; < German Stolle ( n ), literally, post, support; so called from its shape
Example Sentences
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Not to be confused with fruit cake, stollen is a traditional German Christmas bread that consists of nuts, spices, marzipan and dried/candied fruit, coated with powdered sugar or icing sugar.
From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023
Arguably the most important part of stollen is what distinguishes it from other Christmas breads and cakes that linger during the holiday season: confectioners' sugar.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2021
When Frau Pabst arrives — toting a loaf of stollen for him and a tin of cookies for Stefan, her treasured boy — her trust in the doctor is clear.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2019
There was stollen, and gingerbread, and presents, and snowflakes and 36 hours of Christmas music on the stereo.
From The Guardian • Dec. 23, 2015
The lawe commaunded that as many as would steale, should entre their names with the chief Prieste: and what so euer was stollen, incontinente to cary the same vnto hym.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. by Hakluyt, Richard
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