Zoll

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German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German and Old High German zol, from Proto-Germanic *tullō (“what is counted or told”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”). Alternatively from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Late Latin telōnēum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tsɔl/
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Noun

Zoll m (strong, genitive Zolles or Zolls, plural Zölle)

  1. custom (duty collected at the borders)
  2. customs (authority collecting that duty)
Declension
Declension of Zoll
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zoll die Zölle
genitive eines des Zolles, Zolls der Zölle
dative einem dem Zoll, Zolle1 den Zöllen
accusative einen den Zoll die Zölle

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German zol (“plug, block, peg”), from Old High German zollo (“spinning top”); possibly as the length of a finger, perhaps from the sense "cut-off piece", in which case it could be related to Zahl (“number”) or Zelge (“tillable land”); documented since the 11th century, in its current sense "measure of length" since the 16th century.

Noun

Zoll n (strong, genitive Zolls, plural Zoll)

  1. inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 centimeters)
  2. (historical) any of a number of historical German units of length generally ranging between about 2 and 3 centimeters
Declension
Declension of Zoll
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Zoll die Zoll
genitive eines des Zolls der Zoll
dative einem dem Zoll den Zoll
accusative ein das Zoll die Zoll

Further reading

  • “Zoll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Zoll” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German zol, from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Late Latin teloneum (“custom house”).

Cognate with German Zoll, English toll, Dutch tol, Icelandic tollur, Swedish tull.

Pronunciation

Noun

Zoll m (plural Zoll)

  1. custom, duty
  2. customs
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