welle

See also: Welle, wèlle, and wélle

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• wölle, wöllä

Etymology

From Middle High German wellen, from Old High German wellen (“to choose, want”). Cognate with German wollen, Dutch willen, English will, Icelandic vilja.

Verb

welle

1. (Uri) to want

Conjugation

Conjugation of welle – Urner dialect

infinitive		welle
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
		ich, i	du	er/si/es	mir	ir	si
indicative	present	will	wit	will	welle	weint	welle
subjunctive	I	well, welli	wellesch	well, welli	welle	wellt	welle
	II	wett, wetti	wettesch	wett, wetti	wette	wettet	wette

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle High German willen, northwestern variant of wellen.

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 well ich hee net hann!

   I don’t want that kind of behaviour here!

   • 2004, “Sulang mer noch am Lääve sinn”‎^[1]performed by Brings:

     Mer welle, datt en unser Stadt jeder jlöcklich weed.
     Et jitt jet, dat mer üvverall op der Welt versteiht.

     We want everybody to find happiness in our city.
     There’s something that’s understood everywhere in the world.

Descendants

• Hunsrik: wolle
• Luxembourgish: wëllen

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

welle

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of wellen

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

welle

1. inflection of wellen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English wielle, welle, wælle, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijā, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.

Alternative forms

• wel, wele, well
• will, wille (Ireland or Southwest Midland); wulle (Kent); walle, wælle, wealle (West Midland)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛl(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈwal(ə)/ (West Midland), /ˈwil(ə)/ (Southwest Midland), /ˈwul(ə)/ (Kent)

Noun

welle (plural welles or (West Midland) wellen)

1. A water source; a supply of water:
   1. A well; a hole dug to supply water.
   2. A spring, creek, or pool; a natural water source.
   3. (rare) A fountain or water pump.
2. (figuratively) A source, origin, or store of something like water:
   1. A person as such a source or origin.
   2. (Christianity) God or a member of the Trinity as such a source or origin.
   3. (rare) A source of fire or oil.
3. (anatomy) A cavity, hollow, or opening.

Descendants

• English: well
• Middle Scots: well, wall, woll
  • Scots: wall, waal
• Yola: well

References

• “wel(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adverb

welle

1. alternative form of wel

Adjective

welle

1. alternative form of wel

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwel.le/, [ˈweɫ.ɫe]

Noun

welle

1. dative singular of well