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English
Etymology
- As an English surname, variant of Towle, Tole.
- As a German surname, from the adjective toll, meaning both "wonderful" and "crazy, mad." Also shortened from Bartholomäus.
- As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol, sometimes shortened from Van Toll.
Proper noun
Toll
- A surname.
Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German tol, from Old Saxon tol, from Proto-West Germanic *toll, from Proto-Germanic *tullaz. Related to German Zoll, Dutch tol, English toll.
Noun
Toll m (plural Töll)
- custom (duty collected at the borders)
- authority collecting that duty (customs)
- toll
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