See also: Wellen, wëllen, and Wëllen

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch wellen, Old Dutch *wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan.

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Verb edit

wellen

  1. to soak, to soften by putting into water
Inflection edit
Inflection of wellen (weak)
infinitive wellen
past singular welde
past participle geweld
infinitive wellen
gerund wellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular wel welde
2nd person sing. (jij) welt welde
2nd person sing. (u) welt welde
2nd person sing. (gij) welt welde
3rd person singular welt welde
plural wellen welden
subjunctive sing.1 welle welde
subjunctive plur.1 wellen welden
imperative sing. wel
imperative plur.1 welt
participles wellend geweld
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

wellen

  1. plural of wel

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɛlən]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: wel‧len

Verb edit

wellen (weak, third-person singular present wellt, past tense wellte, past participle gewellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or reflexive) to wave

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • wellen” in Duden online
  • wellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Old Dutch *wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan.

Verb edit

wellen

  1. to well up
  2. to boil

Inflection edit

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Descendants edit

  • Dutch: wellen
  • Limburgish: wèlle

Further reading edit

Middle English edit

Etymology edit

From Old English wiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan. Displaced by modern verb "to boil".

Verb edit

wellen (third-person singular simple present welleth, present participle wellende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle welled)

  1. to boil, to bubble

Conjugation edit

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Old Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-West Germanic *walljan.

Verb edit

wellen

  1. to choose

Inflection edit

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading edit

  • wellen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old High German edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

A merger of Proto-West Germanic *willjan (to want) and Proto-West Germanic *walljan (to choose, select).

Verb edit

wellen

  1. to want
  2. to choose

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
  2. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition