Zoll

From Middle High German and Old High German zol, from Proto-Germanic *tullō (“what is counted or told”), for which see Proto-West Germanic *tolnu (“toll”) for more. Cognate with English toll.

• IPA^(key): /tsɔl/

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Zoll m (strong, genitive Zolles or Zolls, plural Zölle)

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

• Blutzoll, Schutzzoll, Wegzoll

• Zöllner
  • Zöllnerin
• zollpflichtig
• verzollen

• Zollabfertigung, Zollabkommen, Zollamt, Zollbeamter, Zollbrücke, Zolleinnehmer, zollfrei, Zollgrenze, Zollhaus, Zollhoheit
• Zollkriminalamt, Zollkrieg, Zollpapier, Zollpolitik, Zollregal, Zollsatz, Zollschranke, Zollstelle, Zolltarif, Zollunion, Zollverband, Zollverein

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.

Zoll m (strong, genitive Zolls, plural Zoll)

1. inch (unit of length equal to 2.54 centimeters)
2. (historical) any of a number of historical German units of length generally ranging between about 2 and 3 centimeters

• Zollmaßband
• Zollstock

• → Esperanto: colo
• → Kashubian: côl
• → Latvian: colla
• → Lithuanian: colis
• → Polish: cal
• → Romanian: țol

• “Zoll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zoll” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Zoll” in Duden online
• “Zoll”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Zoll” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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.

• IPA^(key): /tsol/
  • Rhymes: -ol

Zoll m (plural Zoll)

1. custom, duty
2. customs