wählen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German weln, from welen, wellen, from Old High German wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *walljan, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛːlən/, /ˈvɛː.ln̩/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ˈveːlən/, /ˈveː.ln̩/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: wäh‧len === Verb === wählen (weak, third-person singular present wählt, past tense wählte, past participle gewählt, auxiliary haben) (ambitransitive) to choose, to select to dial (a telephone number, etc.) (intransitive) to vote; (transitive) to vote for (a politician, party etc.) wählen gehen ― to vote, go voting ==== Usage notes ==== For the distinction between wählen and abstimmen, see abstimmen § Usage notes. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Wahl === Further reading === “wählen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “wählen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “wählen” in Duden online “wählen” in OpenThesaurus.de == Low German == === Etymology === From Middle Low German wēlen, from Old Saxon *welian, from Proto-West Germanic *walljan, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. See also wüllen. === Verb === wählen (past wähl, past participle wählt, auxiliary verb hebben) to choose to dial (a telephone number) to vote ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== kesen