Meanings
pole; bar; rod; post (a long stick, usually round and of metal, but also of other material, especially when fixed somewhere)
small straight glass for beer (especially Kölsch)
of cigarettescarton (lengthy box containing several packets)
colloquiala lot (especially of money); a packet
eine Stange Gelda lot of money
in von der Stange or compoundsrun-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.
Austriacrossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts)
1 more meanings
Austrian Germangoalpost
Der Ball ging so oft an die Stange.
Examples
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Dieses Blouson muss dich eine Stange Geld gekostet haben.This jacket must have cost you a packet.
Es ist seltsam, dass die Hühner beim Schlafen nie von der Stange fallen.It's odd that chickens never fall off their perches when they're asleep.