wellen

See also: Wellen, wëllen, and Wëllen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wellen.

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Verb

wellen

  1. to soak, to soften by putting into water
Inflection
Inflection of wellen (weak)
infinitive wellen
past singular welde
past participle geweld
infinitive wellen
gerund wellen n
verbal noun —
present tense past tense
1st person singular welwelde
2nd person sing. (jij) weltwelde
2nd person sing. (u) weltwelde
2nd person sing. (gij) weltwelde
3rd person singular weltwelde
plural wellenwelden
subjunctive sing.1 wellewelde
subjunctive plur.1 wellenwelden
imperative sing. wel
imperative plur.1 welt
participles wellendgeweld
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Noun

wellen

  1. plural of wel

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛlən]
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  • Hyphenation: wel‧len

Verb

wellen (third-person singular simple present wellt, past tense wellte, past participle gewellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or reflexive) to wave

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Verb

wellen

  1. to well up
  2. to boil

Inflection

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Descendants

Further reading

  • “wellen (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
  • “wellen (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English wiellan. Displaced by modern verb "to boil".

Verb

wellen (third-person singular simple present welleth, present participle wellende, simple past and past participle wellened)

  1. to boil, to bubble

Old High German

Alternative forms

  • wollen (conflated with *waljaną)

Etymology

A merger of Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (“to want”) (whence also Old Saxon willian, Old English willan, Old Norse vilja, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wiljan)) and Proto-Germanic *waljaną (“to choose, select”) (whence Old Norse velja), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Verb

wellen

  1. to want
  2. to choose

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
  2. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition
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