role-playing game
das Rollenspiel, die Rollenspiele
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role-playing game
A game in which participants take on the roles of fictional characters and experience a story together in an imagined world. This can take place as a tabletop, computer, or live-action role-playing game.
Jeden Freitagabend treffen wir uns zum Rollenspiel in einer mittelalterlichen Fantasy-Welt.
Every Friday evening we meet for a role-playing game in a medieval fantasy world.
role play
A method in education or therapy in which participants act out a specific social situation in order to practice behaviors, analyze conflicts, or put themselves in someone else's position.
Im Bewerbungstraining haben wir mit einem Rollenspiel das Vorstellungsgespräch geübt.
In the job application training, we practiced the interview with a role play.
| gender | neuter das |
|---|---|
| plural | die Rollenspiele |
| genitive | des Rollenspieles |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | das Rollenspiel | die Rollenspiele |
| accusative | das Rollenspiel | die Rollenspiele |
| dative | dem Rollenspiel | den Rollenspielen |
| genitive | des Rollenspieles des Rollenspiels | der Rollenspiele |
The article changes with the case; it is shown in colour.
The word is made up of 'Rolle' (role) and 'Spiel' (game). So it literally describes a game in which you take on and play a particular role.
Beim Rollenspiel schlüpft jeder Teilnehmer in eine andere Rolle.
In a role play, each participant takes on a different role.
The context makes the meaning clear. Words like 'Fantasy' (fantasy), 'Computer' (computer), or 'Freunde' (friends) point to the game (m01). Terms like 'Training' (training), 'Therapie' (therapy), or 'üben' (to practice) point to the educational method (m02).
Am Wochenende spielen wir ein Fantasy-Rollenspiel.
At the weekend we're playing a fantasy role-playing game.
For the game (m01), the verb 'spielen' (to play) is used. For the educational method (m02), the verbs 'machen' (to do) or 'durchführen' (to carry out) are common.
Wir spielen am Samstag wieder unser Rollenspiel.
We're playing our role-playing game again on Saturday.
play / spectacle
In role play, participants act out a social situation in order to practice or examine behavior; an audience is not necessary. A Schauspiel, by contrast, is an artistic performance on a stage in front of an audience. The decisive factor is therefore the purpose of the situation being acted out.
Im Rollenspiel übten zwei Kollegen, einen Streit ruhig und gemeinsam zu lösen.
In the role play, two colleagues practiced resolving an argument calmly and together.
Das Schauspiel zeigte den Streit zweier Kollegen vor einem kleinen Publikum.
The play showed two colleagues arguing in front of a small audience.
