Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #63
Word (Wort)

wollen

Translation (Übersetzung) to want, to wish
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /ˈvɔlən/
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Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common verb modal desire
Modal verb meaning 'to want' or 'to wish'. Expresses desire or intention. Sixty-third most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich will nach Hause gehen.
I want to go home.
desire
Was willst du?
What do you want?
question
Wir wollen lernen.
We want to learn.
intention
Wollen wir gehen?
Shall we go?
suggestion

Conjugations (Konjugationen)

Present Tense (Präsens)

ich will
du willst
er/sie/es will
wir wollen
ihr wollt
sie/Sie wollen

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
wollen + infinitive
to want to + verb
High frequency
nicht wollen
to not want
High frequency
wollen gehen
to want to go
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
wollen wir
shall we, let's
Making suggestions or proposals
Synonyms (Synonyme)
möchten High similarity
Would like to (more polite form of wollen)
wünschen Medium similarity
To wish (more formal, different usage)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
nicht wollen
To not want (negation)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

möchten wünschen müssen Verb

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