välja

välja

1. genitive singular of väli
2. partitive singular of väli

välja (not comparable)

1. (lative) out

   Ma astusin välja ja nägin suurt kilpkonna!

   I stepped out and saw a huge turtle!

2. out; seen in phrases regarding emotions

   Ta peab end välja elama.

   He's gotta let it all out. (lit. "He has to live himself out")

   Ta nuttis silmad peast välja.

   She cried her heart out. (lit. "She cried her eyes out of her head")

3. off

   Lülita raadio välja palun.

   Turn the radio off please.

4. to, until (with terminative)

   Krunt ulatub selle põlluni välja.

   The property goes until that field.

5. out, completely, fully

   Suvel tahaks end välja puhata.

   In the summer I'd like to rest myself fully.

6. Seen in various phrasal verbs

   käima "to walk" → välja käima "to spend"

   nägema "to see" → välja nägema "to look like", "to appear", "to look", "to seem"

From Old Swedish vælia, from Old Norse velja, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną. Causative of *wiljaną (see vilja).

• IPA^(key): /²vɛlːja/

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välja (present väljer, preterite valde, supine valt, imperative välj)

1. to choose

   Det var ett svårt val, men jag valde den gröna

   It was a tough choice, but I chose the green one

2. to elect

   Han valdes till kung

   He was elected king

• välj och svälj
• välja och vraka

• (choose): val
• (elect): val, väljare

• välja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• välja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• välja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• jävla