wolle

See also: Wolle

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔlə/
  • (file)

Verb

wolle

  1. first/third-person singular subjunctive I of wollen

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvolə/

Verb

wolle

  1. to want
    Ich will es aach net meh wieder dun.
    I don't want to do it again.
    Ich wolld die Affe sihn.
    I wanted to see the monkeys.

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old English wull, from Proto-West Germanic *wullu, from Proto-Germanic *wullō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique cases.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwul(ə)/

Noun

wolle (plural wolles)

  1. wool (coat of sheep), especially when used to make fabric
    • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Apocalips 1:14, page 117v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
      ⁊ þe heed of him ⁊ his heeris weren whiyt as whiyt wolle .· ⁊ as ſnow / ⁊ þe iȝen of him as flawme of fier .·
      And his head and his hairs were white, like white wool or snow, and his eyes were like fire's flame.
  2. Shorn wool, especially stockpiled in bulk.
  3. Woollen garments or clothing; woolwear.
  4. Sheepskin; the skin of sheep.
  5. (rare) Other woolen goods; woollens.
  6. (rare) Other fibres (substituting wool)
  7. (rare) The flesh or innards of fruit.

Descendants

  • English: wool
  • Scots: woll, wol, wow, wo, oull, owll, owl, oo
  • Yola: wul

References

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German wollen, Dutch willen, English will.

Verb

wolle

  1. to want to do something
  2. to intend to
  3. to want

Usage notes

  • Used as a modal verb.

Conjugation

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian willa, from Proto-West Germanic *willjan. Cognates include West Frisian wolle and German wollen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔlə/
  • Hyphenation: wol‧le
  • Rhymes: -ɔlə

Verb

wolle

  1. (transitive) to want

Conjugation

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015), wolle”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian willa, from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvolə/

Verb

wolle

  1. to want
  2. to want to, to be willing to (as used with infinitive object)

Inflection

Further reading

  • wolle (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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