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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.
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.
route / distance
'die Strecke' and 'der Stollen' can both have to do with a path or section, but they are used in very different situations. 'die Strecke' generally means a section of a path, road, railway line, or similar connection. 'der Stollen' means an underground tunnel or gallery in a mine. The words can only be close in meaning in special contexts, for example when talking about routes underground. Most of the time, 'Strecke' is much more general, while 'Stollen' clearly belongs to mining or underground passages.
Die Besucher gehen mit Helmen durch den alten Stollen.
The visitors walk through the old tunnel wearing helmets.
Wegen der Baustelle ist diese Strecke für Züge heute gesperrt.
Because of the construction site, this section is closed to trains today.