stollen / tunnel / cleat
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stollen
A heavy, bread-like pastry made from yeast dough with dried fruit and often dusted with powdered sugar, traditionally eaten during the Christmas season (also called Christstollen).
Zu Weihnachten backt meine Oma immer einen köstlichen Dresdner Stollen.
At Christmas, my grandma always bakes a delicious Dresden stollen.
tunnel / gallery
A horizontal or slightly sloping underground passage in a mine, used for extracting raw materials or for transport.
Die Bergleute arbeiteten tief im Stollen, um das Erz abzubauen.
The miners worked deep in the tunnel to extract the ore.
cleat / stud
Peg- or knob-shaped protrusions on the soles of sports shoes, especially soccer shoes, that provide better grip on grass.
Nach dem Spiel auf dem nassen Rasen musste er die Stollen seiner Fußballschuhe reinigen.
After the game on the wet grass, he had to clean the cleats of his soccer shoes.
Since this word has three very different meanings, context is crucial. Words like 'Weihnachten' (Christmas) or 'backen' (to bake) point to the pastry, 'Bergwerk' (mine) or 'Erz' (ore) to the tunnel, and 'Fußball' (soccer) or 'Schuhe' (shoes) to the shoe studs.
Möchtest du ein Stück Stollen zum Kaffee?
Would you like a piece of stollen with your coffee?
Stollen as a pastry is a firmly established tradition during the German Christmas season. The 'Dresdner Christstollen' (Dresden Christmas stollen), a protected geographical indication, is especially famous.
Jedes Jahr im Advent wird der erste Stollen angeschnitten.
Every year during Advent, the first stollen is cut.
In the mining context, people often talk about 'in einen Stollen einzufahren' (to enter/go into a tunnel) or being in a 'tiefen' (deep) or 'verlassenen' (abandoned) tunnel.
Früher war die Arbeit im Stollen sehr gefährlich.
In the past, working in the tunnel was very dangerous.
gallery
Galerie and Stollen can both refer to a horizontal or slightly sloping underground passage in a mine. Stollen is the more common term, while Galerie is less frequent and may be marked as technical or regional. In everyday speech, Stollen is usually the better choice.
Die Arbeiter erreichten den alten Stollen im Bergwerk über einen schmalen Seitengang.
The workers reached the old mining tunnel through a narrow side passage.
Die Arbeiter erreichten die alte Galerie im Bergwerk über einen schmalen Seitengang.
The workers reached the old mining tunnel through a narrow side passage.
