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stollen

stollen

1 6.1
A sweet German bread filled with dried fruit and nuts eaten at Christmas
  • noun
  • /ˈstoʊlən/
: stollen
  • The bakery's signature item is a rich stollen dusted with powdered sugar, perfect for Christmas celebrations.
  • German stollen
  • love stollen

Examples

  • Well, it's called a German stollen.

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  • I make these: the dog biscuits, the Stollen, and lots of other things all the time.

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  • If you are there in the winter for the country's oldest Christkindl Markt, you will be treated to the original and best German pastry known as "Stollen."

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  • During the festive season, we always enjoy homemade stollen filled with nuts and dried fruits.

  • For our holiday dinner, I decided to bake a traditional stollen using a recipe passed down from my grandmother.

Synonyms

panettone
vsstollen
1 5.0

A sweet Italian bread with dried fruit traditionally eaten at Christmas

is German and richer containing nuts and warming spices

How Rich

fruitcake
30 1.4
stollen
1 6.1
brioche
8 6.7
bread
765 1.0

Surface Forms

stollen singular
stollens plural

Etymology

The word stollen for the Christmas bread comes from German and may have meant a 'stump' or 'small roll'; one popular story says it was shaped like the baby Jesus wrapped in cloth. That's why stollen is a rich, fruit-filled bread eaten at Christmas.