Wille
German
Alternative forms
- Willen (somewhat less common)
Etymology
From Middle High German wille, from Old High German willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“desire, will”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪlə/
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
Audio: (file)
Noun
Wille m (weak, genitive Willens, plural Willen)
- will
- Triumph des Willens.
- Wir haben den Willen unseres Volkes geschützt.
- We defended the will of our people.
- Der Wille des Volkes triumphiert.
- The will of the people triumphed.
Declension
Declension of Wille [masculine, weak]
Derived terms
Related terms
- einwilligen
- freiwillig
- Veränderungswille
- Willensakt
- Willensanspannung
- Willensäußerung
- Willensbildung
- Willenserklärung
- Willensfreiheit
- Willenskraft
- Willenskundgebung
- willensschwach
- Willensschwäche
- willensstark
- Willensstärke
- willfahren
Further reading
Hunsrik
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wille, from Old High German willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.[1]
Cognate with German Wille and German Wëllen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvilə/
- Rhymes: -ilə
- Hyphenation: Wil‧le
Noun
Wille m (plural Wille)
References
- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Wille”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 176
Saterland Frisian
Noun
Wille
- will
- 1800, J. G. Hoche, Reise durch Osnabrück und Niedermünster in das Saterland, Ostfriesland und Gröningen, Bremen, page 246:
- Uſe Babe! da du beſt en Hämel, geheliget werde din No͞ama, to kume us din Rik, din Wille geſchio, wie en Hämel alſo ok op er Ide, uſe teilike Brod rek us hüt, un vergef us uſe Schelde, as ſo wy vergeben uſe Schelder, un füihr us nicht in Verſikung und erlös us von allem Èuèl.
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Swedish
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Wille c (genitive Willes)
- a diminutive of the male given names William or Wilhelm