Why is it das Röllchen?

Röllchen ends in -chen, and almost all nouns ending in -chen are neuter: in a German dictionary, 94% of them take das.

All nouns ending in -chen
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Small role

[1] kleine Rolle

Examples

[1] Cannelloni are rolls made of paste egg

[1] Cannelloni sind Röllchen aus Nudelteig.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Röllchen die Röllchen
Genitiv des Röllchens der Röllchen
Dativ dem Röllchen den Röllchen
Akkusativ das Röllchen die Röllchen

Pronunciation

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