welle
Alemannic German edit
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Etymology edit
From Old High German wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną. Cognate with German wollen, Dutch willen, English will, Icelandic vilja.
Verb edit
welle
Conjugation edit
conjugation of welle – Urner dialect
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.
Central Franconian edit
Alternative forms edit
- wolle (non-native; but now common in some dialects via German)
Etymology edit
From Old High German *willen, northern variant of wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
welle (third-person singular present well or wellt, past tense wollt, past participle jewollt or gewollt)
- (most dialects) to want (to)
- Su e Benemme welle mer hee net hann.
- We don’t want that kind of behaviour here.
Dutch edit
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welle
German edit
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welle
- inflection of wellen:
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English wielle, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
welle (plural welles)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “wel(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Adverb edit
welle
- Alternative form of wel
Adjective edit
welle
- Alternative form of wel