wählen

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-.

• 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)

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• Hyphenation: wäh‧len

wählen (weak, third-person singular present wählt, past tense wählte, past participle gewählt, auxiliary haben)

1. (ambitransitive) to choose, to select

   Ich wähle diese Hose da, die mit der Bügelfalte.

   I'm choosing these pants here, the ones with the crease.

2. to dial (a telephone number, etc.)
3. (intransitive) to vote; (transitive) to vote for (a politician, party etc.)

   wählen gehen ― to vote, go voting

   Welche Partei wählst du dieses Jahr?

   What party are you voting for this year?

• For the distinction between wählen and abstimmen, see abstimmen § Usage notes.

• Wahl

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• “wählen” in Duden online
• “wählen” in OpenThesaurus.de

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.

wählen (past wähl, past participle wählt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to choose
2. to dial (a telephone number)
3. to vote

• kesen