willen

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch willen, from Old Dutch willen, from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. The variant past forms with ou go back to early Middle Dutch wolde(n), following the regular shift old, olt > oud, out. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɪl.ə(n)/ Rhymes: -ɪlən === Verb === willen (transitive) to want, desire Ik wil een ijsje. ― I want ice cream. Wil je dat ik langskom? ― Do you want me to come by? (literally, “Do you want that I come by?”) (modal) to want to, will, be willing to Hij wil gaan slapen. ― He wants to go to sleep. (by ellipsis) to want to go somewhere (cf. English want in) Ze wilden het huis in. ― They wanted to get into the house. (literally, “They wanted into the house.”) (in the past tense or conditional) to wish, would like, would (as in dated English I would that) Ik wou dat ik dat kon. ― I wish I could do that. (literally, “I would that I could that.”) ==== Conjugation ==== In the second-person singular present both jij wilt and jij wil are considered standard, the latter being more informal. In the third-person singular present only hij wil is standard, but hij wilt may be heard colloquially. In the past tense both wilde(n) and wou(den) are standard, the latter being more informal and perhaps somewhat regional. There is also a difference insofar as the singular wou is significantly more common than the corresponding plural wouden. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: wil Negerhollands: wil, wel Skepi Creole Dutch: wel, well, will === References === Wilden / wouden / wouen (in Dutch), Genootschap Onze Taal == German == === Etymology === Reflecting the oblique form of Wille due to the preposition um. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === === Postposition === willen only used in um … willen ==== Related terms ==== Wille, Willen === Further reading === “willen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “willen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch willen, from Proto-West Germanic *willjan. === Verb === willen to want, to desire (auxiliary) to want to to demand, to order ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: willenAfrikaans: wilNegerhollands: wil, welSkepi Creole Dutch: wel, well, will Limburgish: wille === Further reading === “willen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “willen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English willan, wyllan (“to want, intend, be willing”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (“to want”). ==== Alternative forms ==== wil, wille, wilen, welin, wole, wolle willian, wullen (early southwest Midlands) ==== Verb ==== willen (third-person singular simple present wille, present participle willynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle wolde) to want something, wish for something to be willing, consent, agree to intend to do something, plan something to mean, signify something to direct, give directions to require, demand, dictate to be pleased with, like (auxiliary) A modal verb with several meanings: Expresses purpose, intent: will Expresses willingness: will Expresses certainty: will Expresses habitual action: will Expresses ability, capability: will, can Expresses futurity: shall, will Expresses expectation, conjecture: will Expresses imminence, impendence: will, to be about to Expresses a suggestion, proposal: let's Expressing a modest, polite wish: would like Expresses hypotheticals: might Expresses possibility, probability: to be likely to, may ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Quotations ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: will Scots: will, wil Yola: woul, wull, weel, well, will, ill ==== References ==== “willen, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse; cognate with Faroese, Icelandic villa (“to stray, err”). ==== Verb ==== willen (third-person singular simple present willeth, present participle willende, willynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle willed) to go astray, wander, roam ==== References ==== “willen, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 3 === ==== Alternative forms ==== wyll ==== Verb ==== willen present indicative/subjunctive plural of willen (“to want”) == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną. === Verb === willen to want, to desire (auxiliary) to want to to wish ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: willenDutch: willenAfrikaans: wilNegerhollands: wil, welSkepi Creole Dutch: wel, well, willLimburgish: wille ==== Further reading ==== “willen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old English == === Verb === willen plural present subjunctive of willan