Zollstock

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɔlˌʃtɔk] Hyphenation: Zoll‧stock === Etymology 1 === 18th century, from Zoll (“inch”) +‎ Stock (“stick”). Compare equivalent Dutch duimstok. ==== Noun ==== Zollstock m (strong, genitive Zollstocks or Zollstockes, plural Zollstöcke) (especially northern and central Germany; in the south alongside other terms) folding rule, yardstick, meter stick (strip of hard material, usually foldable, for measuring length, regardless of the measure system used) Synonyms: (southern Germany, Austria) Zollstab, Meterstab, (Switzerland) Doppelmeter, Klappmeter, (technical, officialese) Gliedermaßstab ===== Declension ===== ===== Hypernyms ===== Maßstab ===== Descendants ===== → Hungarian: colstok → Polish: colsztok (Silesia) ==== See also ==== Maßband === Etymology 2 === From a word for a tollhouse, from Zoll (“toll, customs”). ==== Proper noun ==== Zollstock n (proper noun, genitive Zollstocks or (optionally with an article) Zollstock) Zollstock (a district of Cologne) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Zollstocker, Zollstockerin ===== Related terms ===== Bilderstöckchen