welle
See also: Welle, wèlle, and wélle
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
- (Uri) to want
Conjugation
conjugation of welle – Urner dialect
infinitive | welle | ||||||
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singular | plural | ||||||
1st person ich, i | 2nd person du | 3rd person er/si/es | 1st person mir | 2nd person ir | 3rd person si | ||
indicative | present | will | wit | will | welle | weint | welle |
subjunctive | I | well, welli | wellesch | well, welli | welle | wellt | welle |
II | wett, wetti | wettesch | wett, wetti | wette | wettet | wette |
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], 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)
- (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
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wellen
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
welle
- inflection of wellen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 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)
- well
Descendants
- English: well
- Yola: well
References
- “wel(le, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adverb
welle
- Alternative form of wel
Adjective
welle
- Alternative form of wel