willen

From Middle Dutch willen, from Old Dutch willen, from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. The variant spelling wouden goes back to early Middle Dutch wolde(n), following the standard ol > ou transformation in Middle Dutch.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɪl.ə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlən

willen

1. to want, to desire
2. (in the past tense) to wish

   Ik wou dat ik dat kon.

   I wish I could (do) that.

Wou/wouden is often used in the past tense, depending on the region, but mostly in informal language. In formal language, wilde/wilden is preferred by many, although wou/wouden is recognized as correct standard Dutch.

• Afrikaans: wil
• Negerhollands: wil, wel
• Skepi Creole Dutch: wel, well, will

• Wilden / wouden / wouen (in Dutch), Genootschap Onze Taal

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willen

1. Only used in um … willen

• Wille, Willen

• “willen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “willen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

From Old Dutch willen, from Proto-West Germanic *willjan.

willen

1. to want, to desire
2. (auxiliary) to want to
3. to demand, to order

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: willen
  • Afrikaans: wil
  • Negerhollands: wil, wel
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: wel, well, will
• Limburgish: wille

• “willen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “willen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old English willan, wyllan (“to want, intend, be willing”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (“to want”).

• wil, wille, wilen, welin, wole, wolle
• willian, wullen (early southwest Midlands)

willen (third-person singular simple present wille, present participle willynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wolde)

1. to want something, wish for something
2. to be willing, consent, agree
3. to intend to do something, plan something
4. to mean, signify something
5. to direct, give directions
6. to require, demand, dictate
7. to be pleased with, like
8. (auxiliary) A modal verb with several meanings:
   1. Expresses purpose, intent: will
   2. Expresses willingness: will
   3. Expresses certainty: will
   4. Expresses habitual action: will
   5. Expresses ability, capability: will, can
   6. Expresses futurity: shall, will
   7. Expresses expectation, conjecture: will
   8. Expresses imminence, impendence: will, to be about to
   9. Expresses a suggestion, proposal: let's
   10. Expressing a modest, polite wish: would like
   11. Expresses hypotheticals: might
   12. Expresses possibility, probability: to be likely to, may

• c. 1360s (date written)​, Geffray Chaucer [i.e., Geoffrey Chaucer], “The Romaunt of the Rose”, in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London: […] Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], published 1542, →OCLC:

  I love no man in no gise, / That woll me reprove or chastise.

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• English: will
• Scots: will, wil
• Yola: woul, weel, wull, well, will, ill

• “willen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Norse; cognate with Faroese, Icelandic villa (“to stray, err”).

willen (third-person singular simple present willeth, present participle willende, willynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle willed)

1. to go astray, wander, roam

• “willen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• wyll

willen

1. present indicative/subjunctive plural of willen (“to want”)

From Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną.

willen

1. to want, to desire
2. (auxiliary) to want to
3. to wish

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• Middle Dutch: willen
  • Dutch: willen
    • Afrikaans: wil
    • Negerhollands: wil, wel
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: wel, well, will
  • Limburgish: wille

• “willen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012