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Rollenspiel

role-playing game

noun ROL-len-shpeel Rare
Arts & Culture Games

Also means

role play (in training/therapy)

Usage Note

Rollenspiel covers tabletop role-playing games (like Dungeons und Drachen), live-action variants (Liverollenspiel), and therapeutic or pedagogical role-play exercises. In language learning, Rollenspiele (role plays) practise conversational scenarios. The hobby scene uses Rollenspiel widely.

Examples

"Im Rollenspiel schlüpften die Kinder in die Rollen von Rittern und Drachen."

Natural Translation

In the role-playing game the children took on the roles of knights and dragons.

Literal Translation

In the role-game slipped the children into the roles of knights and dragons.

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