Stange
See also: stange
English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Stange
- A surname.
Anagrams
- Agents, Tegans, agenst, agents
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
Declension of Stange [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Stange | die | Stangen |
| genitive | einer | der | Stange | der | Stangen |
| dative | einer | der | Stange | den | Stangen |
| accusative | eine | die | Stange | die | Stangen |
Hyponyms
- Brechstange
- Fahnenstange
- Salzstange
Related terms
- Stängel
- von der Stange
- Stangenware
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: ща́нга (štánga)
- → Macedonian: шта́нга (štánga)
- → Russian: шта́нга (štánga) (see there for further descendants)
- → Serbo-Croatian: шта́нга
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
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtaŋə/
Noun
Stange f
- plural of Stang
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Stange
- A municipality of Hedmark, Norway
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Stange
- A municipality of Hedmark, Norway