Wille

See also: wille

German

Alternative forms

  • Willen (somewhat less common)

Etymology

From Old High German willo, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“desire, will”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪlə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

Wille m (genitive Willens, plural Willen)

  1. will
    Triumph des Willens.
    Triumph of the Will.
    Wir haben den Willen unseres Volkes geschützt.
    We defended the will of our people.
    Der Wille des Volkes triumphiert.
    The will of the people triumphed.

Declension

Further reading

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Wille

  1. will
    • 1800, J. G. Hoche, Reise durch Osnabrück und Niedermünster in das Saterland, Ostfriesland und Gröningen, Bremen, p. 246:
      Uſe Babe! da du beſt en Hämel, geheliget werde din No͞ama, to kume us din Rik, din Wille geſchio, wie en Hämel alſo ok op er Ide, uſe teilike Brod rek us hüt, un vergef us uſe Schelde, as ſo wy vergeben uſe Schelder, un füihr us nicht in Verſikung und erlös us von allem Èuèl.
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