Rollback
German, noun[…]
Rollback is a German masculine noun meaning “rollback, restauration (reversal of reforms, policies etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rückläufige Tendenz, rückschrittliche Entwicklung”.
What does Rollback mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterrollback, restauration (reversal of reforms, policies etc.)
- 2
masculineneuterrollback (strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state)
- 3
masculineneuterrollback (operation which returns a database or system to a previous state)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rückläufige Tendenz, rückschrittliche Entwicklung 2. Versuch, den Einfluss des Kommunismus während des Kalten Krieges zurückzudrängen 3. Abbruch eines Prozesses und anschließende teilweise oder ganze Wiederholung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Rollback
- Rollbacks genitive
- Roll-Back alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rollback?
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Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Rollback
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rollback in German?
Rollback appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).