Zoll
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German and Old High German zol, from Proto-Germanic *tullō (“what is counted or told”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”). Cognate with English toll. Alternatively from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Late Latin telōnēum.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zoll m (strong, genitive Zolles or Zolls, plural Zölle)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle High German zol (“plug, block, peg”), from Old High German zollo (“spinning top”); possibly as the length of a finger, perhaps from the sense "cut-off piece", in which case it could be related to Zahl (“number”) or Zelge (“tillable land”); documented since the 11th century, in its current sense "measure of length" since the 16th century.
Noun
Zoll m (strong, genitive Zolls, plural Zoll)
- inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 centimeters)
- (historical) any of a number of historical German units of length generally ranging between about 2 and 3 centimeters
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German zol, from Medieval Latin toloneum, from Late Latin teloneum (“custom house”).
Cognate with German Zoll, English toll, Dutch tol, Icelandic tollur, Swedish tull.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zoll m (plural Zoll)
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from Medieval Latin
- German terms derived from Late Latin
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- de:Units of measure
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
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- Luxembourgish terms derived from Late Latin
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- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ol
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ol/1 syllable
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