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von der Stange

German, prepositional phrase

von der Stange is a German prepositional phrase meaning “out of the box, off-the-rack; ready for immediate use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does von der Stange mean in English?

prepositional phrase

  1. 1

    informalout of the box, off-the-rack; ready for immediate use

  2. 2

    informalrun-of-the-mill, mass-produced; ordinary

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

How do you pronounce von der Stange?

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