A2Vocabulary
Zoll
In German
Zoll
tsol
🇬🇧 English
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Don't Get Confused!
❌ Looks like
Toll
In English means: "A charge payable for permission to use a particular road or bridge; the sound of a bell"
✅ Actually means
Zoll
Customs (border control); inch (unit of measurement)
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Memory Tip
A German 'Zoll' is either 'customs' you pass through or an 'inch' you measure. It's not a 'toll' fee. Pay your 'Zoll' (customs), don't pay a 'Zoll' (toll)!
Example Sentences
1
Wir müssen durch den Zoll.
We have to go through customs.
2
Ein Zoll sind 2,54 Zentimeter.
One inch is 2.54 centimeters.