wollen

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Dutch

Etymology

From wol +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɔlə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wol‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɔlən

Adjective

wollen (not comparable)

  1. woolen, woollen

Inflection

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

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: wolle

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

wollen (strong nominative masculine singular wollener, not comparable)

  1. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen
Declension

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wollen, wöllen, wullen, wellen, from Old High German wollen, wellen, from a blend of Proto-West Germanic *willjan and *walljan, from 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 (preterite-present, third-person singular present will, past tense wollte, past participle gewollt or (as an auxiliary) wollen, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive, past participle: “gewollt) to want; to wish; to desire; to demand
    Ich will doch nur das Beste.I want only the best.
  2. (auxiliary, past participle: “wollen) to want (to do something)
    Ich will gehen.I want to go.
  3. (auxiliary, past participle: “wollen) to intend, to mean
    Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken.I did not mean to scare you.
Conjugation

Additional forms include willt.

Derived terms

Further reading


Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English wyllen, with influence from wolle, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz; thus equalling wolle +‎ -en (made of).

Pronunciation

Adjective

wollen

  1. Made of wool fibers or fabric spun therefrom.

Descendants

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Noun

wollen (uncountable)

  1. Woollen fabric; fabric made out of woollen thread.
  2. Woollen clothing; woolwear or woolens.

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