Rolle
Meaning
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- (feminine) roll, reel, spool
- (feminine) roll, tube
- (feminine) a relatively small wheel on which something is rolled (as on a wheelie bin)
- (feminine) role, part
- (feminine) roller, castor, pulley
- (feminine) roll
- (feminine) mangle, wringer
- (feminine) rolling pin
- (feminine) role
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʁɔlə/
Etymology
15th century, from Old French rolle, probably through Middle Dutch rolle (as also the verb rollen). Further from Latin rotula, rotulus. The sense “role” from the modern French descendant rôle.
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Sentences
Das ist die entscheidende Rolle dieses Vorschlags .
That is the vital role of this proposal.
Roger Bonvin spielte eine wesentliche Rolle beim Bau des Furka-Basistunnels.
Roger Bonvin played an essential role in the construction of the Furka Base Tunnel.
Dafür spielte die nötige brandenburgische Unterstützung im Spanischen Erbfolgekrieg eine Rolle .
For this, the necessary Brandenburg support played a role in the War of the Spanish Succession.