wüllen
Low German
/ˈwʏlːən/, /ˈvʏlən/
verb
Definitions
- (auxiliary) To want (to do something).
- (auxiliary) will. Used to form the future tense of a verb, together with an infinitive.
- (intransitive) To wish.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German willen inherited from Old Saxon willian inherited from *walljan (select, choose) inherited from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (want, desire, wish).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*wiljaną
Gloss
want, desire, wish
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
欲
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewill English
- goodwill English
- ill will English
- ill-willed English
- nill English
- outwill English
- self-will English
- unwill English
- welcome English
- wilful English
- will English
- will've English
- will-less English
- willable English
- willed English
- willer English
- willest English
- willeth English
- willless English
- willmaking English
- willn't English
- willnae English
- willpower English
- willy English
- wilsome English
- won't English
- Wolle German
- baumwollen German
- halbwollen German
- hineinwollen German
- hinwollen German
- wegwollen German
- wohlwollen German
- wollen German
- zurückwollen German
- übelwollen German
- volere Italian
- willen Dutch, Flemish
- *welh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *waljaną Proto-Germanic
- *wiljaną Proto-Germanic
- willen Middle English
- vilja Old Norse
- ville Danish
- voli Esperanto
- willen Middle Dutch
- *willen Old High German
- wellen Old High German
- wollen Old High German
- wil Afrikaans
- wullīn Middle High German
- 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *walljan gmw-pro
- *willjan gmw-pro
- wellen Old Dutch
- willen Old Dutch
- willen Middle Low German
- *welian Old Saxon
- willian Old Saxon
- wolle Western Frisian
- willa Old Frisian