Rollbock

English

Etymology

From German Rolle (“roll”) + Bock (“buck”); the term originated in Switzerland in the early 1880s.

Noun

Rollbock (plural Rollbocks)

1. (rail transport) A bogie used to carry a railway carriage on a line of different gauge to the one it was built for, usually a narrower gauge.

German

Noun

Rollbock m (strong, genitive Rollbockes or Rollbocks, plural Rollböcke, diminutive Rollböckchen n or Rollböcklein n)

1. Rollbock

Declension

Declension of Rollbock [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rollbock	die	Rollböcke
genitive	eines	des	Rollbockes, Rollbocks	der	Rollböcke
dative	einem	dem	Rollbock, Rollbocke1	den	Rollböcken
accusative	einen	den	Rollbock	die	Rollböcke

¹Now rare, see notes.