eine Rolle spielen

/[ˈaɪ̯nə ˈʁɔlə ˈʃpiːlən]/ phrase

Letters

18 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

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tracked variants

Confusables

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similar word pairs

eine Rolle spielen is aGermanphrase. It means: in einem Theaterstück / Film Schauspieler sein Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nə ˈʁɔlə ˈʃpiːlən].

Key facts for eine Rolle spielen
PropertyValue
Headwordeine Rolle spielen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈaɪ̯nə ˈʁɔlə ˈʃpiːlən]
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

eine Rolle spielen is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for eine Rolle spielen is 18 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯nə ˈʁɔlə ˈʃpiːlən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for eine Rolle spielen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is eine Rolle spielen, spelled E-I-N-E- -R-O-L-L-E- -S-P-I-E-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in einem Theaterstück / Film Schauspieler sein
  2. 2
    relevant / wichtig sein; die Bedeutung kann durch ein Adjektiv verstärkt (d.h. sehr wichtig) oder umgedreht (d.h. unwichtig) werden, siehe unten in den Charakteristischen Wortkombinationen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eine Rolle spielen"?
"eine Rolle spielen" is spelled E-I-N-E- -R-O-L-L-E- -S-P-I-E-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯nə ˈʁɔlə ˈʃpiːlən].
What does "eine Rolle spielen" mean?
As a phrase, "eine Rolle spielen" means: in einem Theaterstück / Film Schauspieler sein
How do you pronounce "eine Rolle spielen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eine Rolle spielen" is [ˈaɪ̯nə ˈʁɔlə ˈʃpiːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eine Rolle spielen" come from?
"eine Rolle spielen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.