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rollen

German, verb

rollen is spelled R-O-L-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written German, the 2,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rollen is a German verb meaning “to roll” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rollen is a different word: “scroll lock”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “während einer Vor- oder Rückwärtsbewegung sich selbst um die eigene Achse drehen; die Bewegung eines Rades”.

What does rollen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to roll

  2. 2

    to roll (something round, e.g. a wheel)

  3. 3

    to roll (something on its wheels)

  4. 4

    offensiveto agitate, prank somebody

    Willst du mich rollen?

noun

as Rollen
  1. 1

    neuterscroll lock

noun

as Rollen
  1. 1

    plural of Rolle

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. während einer Vor- oder Rückwärtsbewegung sich selbst um die eigene Achse drehen; die Bewegung eines Rades 2. etwas wie [1] bewegen 3. etwas bewegen, das zylindrisch geformt ist oder auf Rollen steht 4. die längsseitige Bewegung eines Schiffes oder Bootes bei Wellengang

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 rollen

  • rollt present singular third-person
  • rollte past
  • gerollt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • sein auxiliary
  • haben or sein auxiliary
  • rollend participle present
  • rolle first-person indicative present
  • rollst indicative present second-person
  • rollest second-person singular subjunctive
  • rollet plural second-person subjunctive
  • rollten first-person indicative plural
  • rolltest indicative preterite second-person
  • rolltet indicative plural preterite
  • roll imperative second-person singular
  • roll! imperative singular
  • rolle! imperative singular
  • rollt! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to rollen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rollen in German?

rollen appears 32 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).

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