welle

Alternative forms

• wölle, wöllä

Etymology

From Middle High German wellen, from Old High German wellen (“to choose, want”). Cognate with German wollen, Dutch willen, English will, Icelandic vilja.

Verb

welle

1. (Uri) to want

References

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

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Middle High German wellen, from Old High German wellen.

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.

Pronunciation

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Verb

welle

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

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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

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwel.le/, [ˈweɫ.ɫe]

Noun

welle

1. dative singular of well