wollen

See also: Wollen

Dutch

Etymology

wol + -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɔlə(n)/
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Adjective

wollen (not comparable)

  1. woolen, woollen

Inflection

Inflection of wollen
uninflected wollen
inflected wollen
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. wollen
n. sing. wollen
plural wollen
definite wollen
partitive

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔlən/
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German wullīn, wüllīn, from Old High German wullīn, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (woolen), equivalent to Wolle + -en.

Adjective

wollen (not comparable)

  1. woolen, woollen
Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wollen, wöllen, wullen, wellen, from Old High German wollen, wellen, from a blend of Proto-Germanic *wiljaną and *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Compare Low German willen, Dutch willen, English will, West Frisian wolle, Danish ville. See also wählen.

Verb

wollen (irregular, third-person singular simple present will, past tense wollte, past participle wollen or gewollt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, past participle: “gewollt) To want; to wish; to desire; to demand.
  2. (auxiliary, past participle: “wollen) To want (to do something).
    Ich will gehen.I want to go.
Conjugation

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wyllen, with influence from wolle.

Adjective

wollen

  1. Made of wool fibers or fabric spun therefrom.

Descendants

References

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