Wille
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Willen (somewhat less common)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wille, from Old High German willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“desire, will”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Wille m (weak, genitive Willens, plural Willen)
- will
- Triumph des Willens.
- Wir haben den Willen unseres Volkes geschützt.
- We defended the will of our people.
- Der Wille des Volkes triumphiert.
- The will of the people triumphed.
Declension edit
Declension of Wille [masculine, weak]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Hunsrik edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle High German wille, from Old High German willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.[1]
Cognate with German Wille and German Wëllen.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Wille m (nominative plural Wille)
Declension edit
Declension of Wille
References edit
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wille”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 176
Saterland Frisian edit
Noun edit
Wille
- will
- 1800, J. G. Hoche, Reise durch Osnabrück und Niedermünster in das Saterland, Ostfriesland und Gröningen, Bremen, page 246:
- Uſe Babe! da du beſt en Hämel, geheliget werde din No͞ama, to kume us din Rik, din Wille geſchio, wie en Hämel alſo ok op er Ide, uſe teilike Brod rek us hüt, un vergef us uſe Schelde, as ſo wy vergeben uſe Schelder, un füihr us nicht in Verſikung und erlös us von allem Èuèl.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Proper noun edit
Wille c (genitive Willes)
- a diminutive of the male given names William or Wilhelm