ausgerollt

Ausgerollt is a German participial form derived from the verb ausrollen, meaning to roll out or unroll. As a finite verb form it occurs with haben: Ich habe den Teig ausgerollt. As an attributive adjective it describes something that has been rolled out: eine ausgerollte Teigplatte, eine ausgerollte Karte. The prefix aus- signals completion or outward movement, combined with rollen, “to roll.” The word is used literally for unrolled dough, fabric or paper and also figuratively for the release or deployment of something, such as a plan, a policy or a product.

In usage, ausgerollt appears in culinary, textile, and industrial contexts as well as in IT and media language. Examples include: Der Teig ist ausgerollt; die Stoffbahn wurde sorgfältig ausgerollt; der Rollout der Software wurde weltweit ausgerollt. Metaphorically one speaks of ausgerollte Reformen, ausgerollte Strategien oder ausgerollte Infrastruktur, meaning that these are prepared and deployed over a period or across a region.

Form and grammar notes: Ausrollen is a separable-prefix verb; in perfect tense the participle is ausgerollt and is used with haben (Ich habe den Teig ausgerollt). As an adjective it agrees with the noun in gender and number (eine ausgerollte Platte, die ausgerollten Papiere). The term is common in everyday German as well as in technical and business language, and is closely linked to the English loanword rollout.