welle

From Old High German wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną. Cognate with German wollen, Dutch willen, English will, Icelandic vilja.

welle

1. (Uri) to want

• “welle” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 85.

• wolle (non-native; but now common in some dialects via German)

From Old High German *willen, northern variant of wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋelə/

welle (third-person singular present well or wellt, past tense wollt, past participle jewollt or gewollt)

1. (most dialects) to want (to)

   Su e Benemme welle mer hee net hann.

   We don’t want that kind of behaviour here.

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welle

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of wellen

welle

1. First-person singular present of wellen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of wellen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of wellen.
4. Imperative singular of wellen.

welle

1. Alternative form of wel

welle

1. Alternative form of wel