From Middle Dutch wellen, Old Dutch *wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan.
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wellen
| 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. | ||||
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
wellen
wellen (weak, third-person singular present wellt, past tense wellte, past participle gewellt, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | wellen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | wellend | ||||
| past participle | gewellt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich welle | wir wellen | i | ich welle | wir wellen |
| du wellst | ihr wellt | du wellest | ihr wellet | ||
| er wellt | sie wellen | er welle | sie wellen | ||
| preterite | ich wellte | wir wellten | ii | ich wellte1 | wir wellten1 |
| du welltest | ihr welltet | du welltest1 | ihr welltet1 | ||
| er wellte | sie wellten | er wellte1 | sie wellten1 | ||
| imperative | well (du) welle (du) |
wellt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
From Old Dutch *wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan.
wellen
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
From Old English wiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan. Displaced by modern verb "to boil".
wellen (third-person singular simple present welleth, present participle wellende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle welled)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
From Proto-West Germanic *walljan.
wellen
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
A merger of Proto-West Germanic *willjan (“to want”) and Proto-West Germanic *walljan (“to choose, select”).
wellen
| indicative | present | preterite |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | willu, wille, willa | wolta |
| 2nd person singular | wili, wilis | woltōs, woltōst |
| 3rd person singular | wili, wilit | wolta |
| 1st person plural | wellemēs, wellēn | woltum, woltun, woltumēs |
| 2nd person plural | wellet | woltut |
| 3rd person plural | wellent | woltun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | welle | wolti, woltī |
| 2nd person singular | wellest, wellēst | woltīs, woltīst |
| 3rd person singular | welle | wolti, woltī |
| 1st person plural | wellēmēs, wellēn | woltīm, woltīn, woltīmēs |
| 2nd person plural | wellēt | woltīt |
| 3rd person plural | wellēn | woltīn |
| imperative | ||
| singular | - | |
| plural | - | |
| participle | present | past |
| wellenti | - |