willfahren

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German willenvarn, an 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

  • IPA(key): /vɪlˈfaːʁən/
  • Hyphenation: will‧fah‧ren

Verb

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  1. (dated, higher register) to obey

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (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

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