welle

Etymology

From Old High German wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną. Compare German wollen, Dutch willen, English will, Icelandic vilja.

Verb

welle

1. (Uri) to want

References

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 85.

Alternative forms

• wolle (non-native; but now common in some dialects via German)

Etymology

From Old High German *willen, northern variant of wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋelə/

Verb

welle (third-person singular present well or wellt, past tense wollt, past participle jewollt or gewollt)

1. (most dialects) to want (to)

   Su e Benemme welle mer hee net hann.

   We don’t want that kind of behaviour here.

Pronunciation

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Verb

welle

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wellen

Verb

welle

1. First-person singular present of wellen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of wellen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of wellen.
4. Imperative singular of wellen.