stollen
/ˈstɒlən/noun
stollen is spelled S-T-O-L-L-E-N: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, stollen means “A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of stollen is stollens.
How many letters and syllables are in stollen?
| Letters | 7: S-T-O-L-L-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 15 million words; the 118,441st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is stollen?
Stollen appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce stollen?
- /ˈstɒlən/
- /ˈʃtoʊl.ən/
Stollen has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-stollen.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of stollen
- stollens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stollen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stollen in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | stollen |
| German | Stollen, Christstollen, Weihnachtsstollen |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stollen come from?
Borrowed from German Stollen. Doublet of stull.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).