Toll

See also: toll

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • As an English surname, variant of Towle, Tole.
  • As a German surname, from the adjective toll, meaning both "wonderful" and "crazy, mad." Also shortened from Bartholomäus.
  • As a Dutch surname, variant of Tol, sometimes shortened from Van Toll.

Proper noun

Toll

  1. A surname.

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German tol, from Old Saxon tol, from Proto-West Germanic *toll, from Proto-Germanic *tullaz. Related to German Zoll, Dutch tol, English toll.

Noun

Toll m (plural Töll)

  1. custom (duty collected at the borders)
  2. authority collecting that duty (customs)
  3. toll

Derived terms

  • tollplichtig
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