# der Zoll

der Zoll is a German noun meaning “custom”. Forms: des Zolles, die Zölle.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Zolles
- Plural: die Zölle

## In other languages

- Русский: дюйм
- Українська: митниця

## Noun

1. custom (duty collected at the borders)
2. customs (authority collecting that duty)
3. _figurative_ toll (sacrifice or victims associated with a decision or condition)
   - seinen Zoll fordern — to take one's toll

## Noun

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

## Examples

- Er ist drei Zoll größer als ich. — He's three inches taller than me.
- Das Paket wurde vom Zoll beschlagnahmt. — The package was seized by customs.
- Heute ist ein Zoll genau 2,54 Zentimeter. — An inch is now precisely 2.54 centimeters.
- Es hat eine Spannweite von etwa vier Zoll. — It has a wingspan of about four inches.
- Ein Fuß misst zwölf Zoll. — A foot is twelve inches.

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