Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A rich yeast bread containing raisins, citron, and chopped nutmeats.

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  • noun A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German, prop, support, stollen; see stull.]

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From German Stollen.

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Examples

  • I started doing research, and discovered that the mother of all stollen is the Dresdner stollen, which is so beloved it commands its own festival every winter at the Dresden

    NYT > Home Page By MELISSA CLARK 2010

  • Herb Glaser, a third-generation German-American running the bakery his grandparents opened in 1902, says he only makes German specialties such as stollen, a bread-like cake often studded with raisins and dried fruit, during the Christmas season.

    'Willkommen': German-Americans hope pope's visit boosts neighborhood 2008

  • It's not as simple as saying there are 'stollen' items in museums though.

    The Elgin Marbles and the Parthenon James Gurney 2009

  • Do you still like fruit cake, or are you more partial to panettone or seduced by stollen?

    How to cook perfect Christmas cake 2011

  • Doing Tracey for wasting police time for ringing up about her stollen radio again after being warned that her sister taking it into her bedroom was NOT theft.

    The Italian Job « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009

  • It is traditionally shaped into a oblong loaf, but as stollen become more popular (as gift items, here in the US), you can sometimes see them in other shapes.

    What is stollen? | Baking Bites 2009

  • If she wants to be VP she will need to start by conceiding to OBAMA victory and stop acting like something was stollen from her, she lost and she should move on! we should move on we need change and im sure that just like Sen OBAMA there is a fresh figure out there ready for VP!

    Second petition drive launched to make Clinton VP 2008

  • Do all of you realize that if this nomination is stollen from Obama by the racists in this party, the black vote WILL NOT be there for Hillary in Nov. McCain Wins!!

    Rep. Ike Skelton picks Clinton 2008

  • I love cooking for the holidays and I love giving edible gifts: cranberry relish, cranberry orange pecan bread and pumpkin muffins, stollen and panettone, tiny chocolate truffles nestled in fluted paper cups adorned with red and green poinsettias.

    Jamie Schler: 'Tis the Season to be Doubly Jolly! Jamie Schler 2010

  • I hear much of it is unaccounted for or ripped off, stollen or whatever you want to call it,,, is that criminal???

    What’s Been Missing From This Presidential Campaign? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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  • A fruit bread from Germany.

    November 27, 2007

  • Well, why don't the Germans report it, then?

    November 27, 2007

  • *snicker*

    November 27, 2007