welle

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• wölle, wöllä

Etymology

From Old High German wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną. Cognate with German wollen, Dutch willen, English will, Icelandic vilja.

Verb

welle

1. (Uri) to want

Conjugation

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) , Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 85.

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• wolle (non-native; but now common in some dialects via German)

Etymology

From Old High German *willen, northern variant of wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋelə/

Verb

welle (third-person singular present well or wellt, past tense wollt, past participle jewollt or gewollt)

1. (most dialects) to want (to)

   Su e Benemme welle mer hee net hann.

   We don’t want that kind of behaviour here.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

welle

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of wellen

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

welle

1. inflection of wellen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English wielle, from Proto-Germanic *wallijǭ.

Alternative forms

• wele, weile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɛl(ə)/

Noun

welle (plural welles)

1. well

Descendants

• English: well
• Yola: well

References

• “wel(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adverb

welle

1. Alternative form of wel

Adjective

welle

1. Alternative form of wel