willfahren
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German willenvarn, a univerbation of sīns willen vāren (“to act according to someone's wishes”), with vāren = to strive; the second part is not identical with German fahren.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]willfahren (weak, third-person singular present willfahrt, past tense willfahrte, past participle willfahrt or gewillfahrt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | willfahren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | willfahrend | ||||
| past participle | willfahrt gewillfahrt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich willfahre | wir willfahren | i | ich willfahre | wir willfahren |
| du willfahrst | ihr willfahrt | du willfahrest | ihr willfahret | ||
| er willfahrt | sie willfahren | er willfahre | sie willfahren | ||
| preterite | ich willfahrte | wir willfahrten | ii | ich willfahrte1 | wir willfahrten1 |
| du willfahrtest | ihr willfahrtet | du willfahrtest1 | ihr willfahrtet1 | ||
| er willfahrte | sie willfahrten | er willfahrte1 | sie willfahrten1 | ||
| imperative | willfahr (du) willfahre (du) |
willfahrt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1995), “willfahren”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 891
Further reading
[edit]- “willfahren” in Duden online
- “willfahren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
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