Stange

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Stange

1. A surname.

• Agents, Tegans, agenst, agents

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German stanga, from Proto-Germanic *stangō. Compare English stang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaŋə/
• Rhymes: -aŋə

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Stange f (genitive Stange, plural Stangen)

1. pole; bar; rod; post (a long stick, usually round and of metal, but also of other material, especially when fixed somewhere)
2. small straight glass for beer (especially Kölsch)
3. (of cigarettes) carton (lengthy box containing several packets)
4. (colloquial) a lot (especially of money); a packet

   eine Stange Geld ― a lot of money

5. (in von der Stange or compounds) run-of-the-mill, chiefly with clothes (referring to the poles on which clothes are presented in large fashion shops)

   Stangenkleidung ist mir nicht individuell genug.

   I find run-of-the-mill garments lacking in individuality.

6. (Austria, sports) crossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts)

   Synonym: Latte

• Stängel
• von der Stange
• Stangenware

• → Bulgarian: ща́нга (štánga)
• → Macedonian: шта́нга (štánga)
• → Russian: шта́нга (štánga) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian: шта́нга

• “Stange” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Stange” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Stange” in Duden online
• “Stange” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Stange on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Stange”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaŋə/

Stange f

1. plural of Stang

Stange

1. A municipality of Hedmark, Norway

Stange

1. A municipality of Hedmark, Norway