וועלן

Yiddish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛɫn̩/

Etymology 1

From Old High German wellen, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną.

Verb

וועלן • (veln) (past participle געוואָלט (gevolt))

  1. to want
    ער וויל זייער אַ גרויסן הונט אָבער זײַן ווײַב אַ קליינעם.
    er vil zeyer a groysn hunt ober zayn vayb a kleynem.
    He wants a very big dog, but his wife [wants] a small [one].
    איך וויל לייענען אַ גוט בוך.
    ikh vil leyenen a gut bukh.
    I want to read a good book.
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Verb

וועלן • (veln)

  1. first-person plural of וועל (vel)
  2. third-person plural of וועל (vel)
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