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German
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- Hyphenation: Zoll‧stock
Etymology 1
18th century, from Zoll (“inch”) + Stock (“stick”). Compare equivalent Dutch duimstok.
Noun
Zollstock m (strong, genitive Zollstockes or Zollstocks, plural Zollstöcke)
- rule; folding rule; yardstick; meter stick (strip of wood or other hard material, typically foldable, for measuring length, regardless of the measure system used)
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Etymology 2
From a word for a tollhouse, from Zoll (“toll, customs”).
Proper noun
Zollstock n (proper noun, strong, genitive Zollstocks)
- Zollstock, a district of Cologne.