Rollbalken
German, noun/ˈʁɔlˌbalkn̩/
Rollbalken is spelled R-O-L-L-B-A-L-K-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rollbalken is a German masculine noun meaning “roller shutter (especially a large one such as those protecting doors and windows of shops)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(massive) aufrollbare Jalousie (insbesondere an der Außenseite von Fenstern oder Türen eines Geschäftes)”.
What does Rollbalken mean in English?
noun
- 1
Austriamasculineroller shutter (especially a large one such as those protecting doors and windows of shops)
- 2
masculinescroll bar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (massive) aufrollbare Jalousie (insbesondere an der Außenseite von Fenstern oder Türen eines Geschäftes) 2. Element zur Navigation auf einer grafischen Benutzeroberfläche, mithilfe dessen der sichtbare Ausschnitt eines bestimmten Inhalts (zum Beispiel: Grafik, Text) vertikal oder horizontal verschoben werden kann
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 Rollbalken
- Rollbalkens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rollbalken?
- /ˈʁɔlˌbalkn̩/
- [ˈʁɔlˌbalkn̩]
- [ˈʁɔlˌbalkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rollbalken in German?
Rollbalken appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).