Rolle
German, noun
Rolle is spelled R-O-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears 145 times per million words in written German, the 604th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rolle is a German feminine noun meaning “roll, reel, spool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, rolle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel”.
What does Rolle mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroll, reel, spool
- 2
feminineroll, tube
- 3
femininea relatively small wheel on which something is rolled (as on a wheelie bin)
- 4
femininerole, part
- 5
feminineroller, castor, pulley
- 6
feminineroll
- 7
femininemangle, wringer
- 8
femininerolling pin
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. drehbares, kreisförmiges Rad oder Walze, zum Beispiel 2. mit einer Rille versehene Scheibe zum Umlenken eines Seiles 3. etwas walzenförmig Zusammengerolltes oder -gewickeltes 4. Mangel, eine Maschine, die aus zwei parallelen Walzen im geringen Abstand besteht, von der zumindest eine angetrieben wird; mit Hilfe einer Mangel kann ein Werkstoff gestreckt werden
noun: 1. männliche Hauskatze
noun: 1. ein Wässerchen, Pipi
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 Rolle
- Rollen plural
- Röllchen diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Rolle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Rolle in German?
Rolle appears 145 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).