From Japanese-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.0:
役 /(en)tʃˈaɪniːz(ja)lˈe̞tə/, えき /ˈe̞ki/ (noun (common) (futsuumeishi)) (m) Dienst, (m) Nutzen, (f) Position
From Japanese-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.0:
[ichi1] [news1] [nf04] 役 /(en)tʃˈaɪniːz(ja)lˈe̞tə/, [ichi1] [news1] [nf04] やく /jˈäkɯᵝ/ (noun (common) (futsuumeishi)) (noun, used as a suffix) (1) (m) Dienst, (f) Position, (n) Amt, (2) (f) Rolle, (m) Führer, (f) Aufgabe, (3) (f) Bühnenrolle, (4) (f) Wirkung, (m) Nutzen, (5) (f) Hand