Stångan

== Bavarian == === Alternative forms === Stång (South Central Bavarian, Tyrol) Stånga (West Central Bavarian) === Etymology === From Old High German stanga, from Proto-West Germanic *stangu, from Proto-Germanic *stangō, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʰ-, *stegʰ- (“to be stiff, sting; rod, blade”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥ɔŋɐn/ IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥ɒ̃ːŋɐn/ (Vienna) Hyphenation: Stån‧gan === Noun === Stångan f (plural Stångan, diminutive Stangl or Stangerl) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Vienna) pole; bar; rod; post (a long stick, usually round and of metal, but also of other material, especially when fixed somewhere) (of cigarettes) carton (lengthy box containing several packets) a lot (especially of money); a packet (sports) crossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts)