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The article for

Zollstock

der Zollstock

Zollstock is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
die Zollstöcke
English
folding rule
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Why is it der Zollstock?

Zollstock is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Stock. So it’s der Zollstock.

Sense 1
der

Meaning

[1] Colloquial: Located scale, a mergable yardstick

[1] umgangssprachlich: Gliedermaßstab, ein zusammenlegbarer Maßstab

Examples

[1] With the folding stick, it measured the size of the room

[1] Mit dem Zollstock maß er die Größe des Raumes aus.

[1] The fell in the black cord work pants shows him as a carpenter

[1] Der Zollstock in der schwarzen Cord-Arbeitshose weist ihn als Zimmermann aus.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Zollstock die Zollstöcke
Genitiv des Zollstockes des Zollstocks der Zollstöcke
Dativ dem Zollstock dem Zollstocke den Zollstöcken
Akkusativ den Zollstock die Zollstöcke

Pronunciation

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