# die Stange

die Stange is a German noun meaning “pole”. Forms: der Stange, die Stangen.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Stange
- Plural: die Stangen

## In other languages

- Русский: палка, шест, древко
- Українська: жердина, прут

## Meanings

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_ crossbar (the bar which conjoins two goalposts)
7. _Austrian German_ goalpost
   - Der Ball ging so oft an die Stange.

## Examples

- 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.
- Tom öffnete die Kiste mit einem Brecheisen und nahm eine Stange Dynamit heraus. — Tom opened up the crate with a crowbar and took out a stick of dynamite.
- Tom schwang sich von Stange zu Stange. — Tom swung from bar to bar.
- Ich hängte den Kleiderbügel an die Stange. — I hung the coat hanger on the rail.

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