See also: Rollen

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.lə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: rol‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɔlən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch rollen, from Old French roeler.

Verb

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rollen

  1. (ergative) to roll
    De bal rolt langzaam van de heuvel.
    The ball rolls slowly down the hill.
  2. (transitive) to dupe, cheat on
    Ze werd opgelicht door een oplichter die haar wou rollen.
    She was scammed by a fraudster who wanted to cheat on her.
  3. (transitive) to pickpocket, to pinch
    De zakkenroller rolde zijn zakken en nam zijn portemonnee mee.
    The pickpocket picked his pockets and took his wallet.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of rollen (weak)
infinitive rollen
past singular rolde
past participle gerold
infinitive rollen
gerund rollen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular rol rolde
2nd person sing. (jij) rolt, rol2 rolde
2nd person sing. (u) rolt rolde
2nd person sing. (gij) rolt rolde
3rd person singular rolt rolde
plural rollen rolden
subjunctive sing.1 rolle rolde
subjunctive plur.1 rollen rolden
imperative sing. rol
imperative plur.1 rolt
participles rollend gerold
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: rol
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: loro, rolo
  • Jersey Dutch: rolle
  • Negerhollands: rol
  • Papiamentu: ròl
  • Saramaccan: lólu, lolá, logodá
  • Sranan Tongo: lolo, rollo

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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rollen

  1. plural of rol

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German rollen, from Old French roeler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre, from Latin rotula.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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rollen (weak, third-person singular present rollt, past tense rollte, past participle gerollt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive, of something round) to roll [auxiliary sein]
  2. (transitive) to roll (something round, e.g. a wheel) [auxiliary haben]
  3. (transitive) to roll (something on its wheels) [auxiliary haben]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • rollen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • rollen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • rollen” in Duden online
  • rollen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old French roeler.

Verb

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rollen

  1. to roll
  2. to tumble

Inflection

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Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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rollen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of rolle

Swedish

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Noun

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rollen

  1. definite singular of roll