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Dutch

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Etymology

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From wol +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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wollen (not comparable)

  1. woolen, woollen

Declension

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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

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  • Afrikaans: wolle

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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wollen (strong nominative masculine singular wollener, not comparable)

  1. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen
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Etymology 2

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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, Swedish vilja. See also wählen.

Verb

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wollen (preterite-present, third-person singular present will, past tense wollte, past participle gewollt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to want; to wish; to desire; to demand
    Ich will doch nur das Beste.I want only the best.
  2. (with participle haben/sein) to claim something
  3. (intransitive with dass) to want [with dass (+ clause) ‘for someone to do something’]
    Ich will, dass du gehst.I want you to go.
  4. (auxiliary) to want [with bare infinitive ‘to do something’]
    Ich will gehen.I want to go.
  5. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean [with bare infinitive ‘to do something’]
    Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken.I did not mean to scare you.
Usage notes
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  • As a modal verb, the past participle gewollt is used when wollen is not used as an auxiliary verb: Das habe ich nie gewollt. (I have never wanted that.) However, when used as an auxiliary verb, wollen remains in its infinitive form: Wenn er das hätte sagen wollen, hätte er es getan. (If he had wanted to say that, he would have done so.) This is referred to as a "double infinitive" construction.
Conjugation
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Additional forms include willt.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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wollen

  1. Made of wool fibers or fabric spun therefrom.

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Noun

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wollen (uncountable)

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

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