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Christstollen

German, noun/ˈkʁɪstˌʃtɔlən/

Christstollen is spelled C-H-R-I-S-T-S-T-O-L-L-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Christstollen is a German masculine noun meaning “stollen (a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “traditionell in der Weihnachtszeit gebackener länglicher, brotförmiger Weihnachtskuchen aus Hefeteig…”.

What does Christstollen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinestollen (a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. traditionell in der Weihnachtszeit gebackener länglicher, brotförmiger Weihnachtskuchen aus Hefeteig, Rosinen, Mandeln sowie Zitronat und verschiedenen Gewürzen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Christstollen

  • Christstollens genitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Christstollen?

  • /ˈkʁɪstˌʃtɔlən/
  • [ˈkʁɪstˌʃtɔlən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Christstollen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Christstollen in German?

Christstollen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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