# rollen
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch rollen, from Old French roeler.

#### Verb

rollen
* (ergative) to roll
    De bal rolt langzaam van de heuvel.The ball rolls slowly down the hill.
* (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.
* (transitive) to pickpocket, to pinch
    De zakkenroller rolde zijn zakken en nam zijn portemonnee mee.The pickpocket picked his pockets and took his wallet.

##### Derived terms

* rolkraag
* rolzegel
* aanrollen
* achteraanrollen
* achteroverrollen
* achteruitrollen
* afrollen
* berollen
* bijeenrollen
* binnenrollen
* blootrollen
* dichtrollen
* dooreenrollen
* doorrollen
* gelijkrollen
* heenrollen
* herrollen
* ineenrollen
* inrollen
* kapotrollen
* kromrollen
* losrollen
* mederollen
* meerollen
* misrollen
* narollen
* nederrrollen
* neerrollen
* omhoogrollen
* omlaagrollen
* omrollen
* omverrollen
* onderrollen
* ontrollen
* openrollen
* oprollen
* opzijrollen
* overrollen
* rechtrollen
* rondrollen
* samenrollen
* stukrollen
* tegenrollen
* terugrollen
* toerollen
* uiteenrollen
* uitrollen
* vastrollen
* verderrollen
* verrollen
* voorbijrollen
* vooroverrollen
* voortrollen
* voortsrollen
* vooruitrollen
* wederrollen
* weeromrollen
* wegrollen

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: rol
* Berbice Creole Dutch: loro, rolo
* Jersey Dutch: rolle
* Negerhollands: rol
* → Papiamentu: ròl
* → Saramaccan: lólu, lolá, logodá
* → Sranan Tongo: lolo, rollo
** → Lokono: lolodon

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

rollen
* plural of rol

## German
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʁɔlən/, [ˈʁɔln̩]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

rollen (weak, third-person singular present rollt, past tense rollte, past participle gerollt, auxiliary haben or sein)
* (intransitive, of something round) to roll [auxiliary sein]
* (transitive) to roll (something round, e.g. a wheel) [auxiliary haben]
* (transitive) to roll (something on its wheels) [auxiliary haben]

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* abrollen
* anrollen
* aufrollen
* ausrollen
* davonrollen
* durchrollen
* einrollen
* entrollen
* fortrollen
* herabrollen
* heranrollen
* hinabrollen
* überrollen
* vorbeirollen
* vorrollen
* vorüberrollen
* wegrollen
* weiterrollen
* zurollen
* zurückrollen
* zusammenrollen

#### Related terms

* Rolle

### Further reading

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

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old French roeler.

### Verb

rollen
* to roll
* to tumble

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: rollen
* Limburgish: rólle

### Further reading

* “rollen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “rollen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* rolla

### Noun

rollen m or f
* definite masculine singular of rolle

## Swedish
### Noun

rollen
* definite singular of roll