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

  1. (Uri) to want

Conjugation
    conjugation of welle – Urner dialect
infinitive welle
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

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɛl(ə)/

Noun

welle (plural welles)

  1. well
Descendants
  • English: well
  • Yola: well
References

Adverb

welle

  1. Alternative form of wel

Adjective

welle

  1. Alternative form of wel
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