wollen

From wol +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔlə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wol‧len
• Rhymes: -ɔlən

wollen (not comparable)

1. woolen, woollen

Declension of wollen
uninflected	wollen
inflected	wollen
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite	m./f. sing.	wollen
	n. sing.	wollen
	plural	wollen
definite		wollen
partitive

• Afrikaans: wolle

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔlən/

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From Middle High German wullīn, wüllīn, from Old High German wullīn, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woolen”), equivalent to Wolle +‎ -en.

wollen (strong nominative masculine singular wollener, not comparable)

1. (relational) wool; woolen, woollen

From Middle High German wollen, wöllen, wullen, wellen, from Old High German wollen, wellen, from a blend of Proto-West Germanic *willjan and *walljan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną and *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

Compare Low German willen, Dutch willen, English will, West Frisian wolle, Danish ville, Swedish vilja. See also wählen.

wollen (preterite-present, third-person singular present will, past tense wollte, past participle gewollt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to want; to wish; to desire; to demand

   Ich will doch nur das Beste. ― I want only the best.

2. (with participle haben/sein) to claim something
3. (intransitive with dass) to want [with dass (+ clause) ‘for someone to do something’]

   Ich will, dass du gehst. ― I want you to go.

4. (auxiliary) to want [with bare infinitive ‘to do something’]

   Ich will gehen. ― I want to go.

5. (auxiliary) to intend, to mean [with bare infinitive ‘to do something’]

   Ich wollte dich nicht erschrecken. ― I did not mean to scare you.

• As a modal verb, the past participle gewollt is used when wollen is not used as an auxiliary verb: Das habe ich nie gewollt. (“I have never wanted that.”) However, when used as an auxiliary verb, wollen remains in its infinitive form: Wenn er das hätte sagen wollen, hätte er es getan. (“If he had wanted to say that, he would have done so.”) This is referred to as a "double infinitive" construction.

Additional forms include willt.

• hinaufwollen
• hinauswollen
• Wollen

• “wollen (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
• “wollen (Verb)” in Duden online
• “wollen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wollen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

• wollene, wolleyn, wollyn, wollun, wolland, wolen, wolyn, woullen, wullen, wullun, willene, wolnen, wullin

From Old English wyllen, with influence from wolle, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz; thus equalling wolle +‎ -en (“made of”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwulən/

wollen

1. Made of wool fibers or fabric spun therefrom.

• English: woollen, woolen
• Scots: wollin, wolne, wowne

• “wǒllen, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 1 May 2018.
• “wǒlnen, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-03.

wollen (uncountable)

1. Woollen fabric; fabric made out of woollen thread.
2. Woollen clothing; woolwear or woolens.

• English: woollen, woolen
• Scots: wollin, wolne, wowne

• “wǒllen, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-03.