# wellen
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wellen, Old Dutch *wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan.
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#### Verb

wellen
* to soak, to soften by putting into water

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

wellen
* plural of wel

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German wëllen. By surface analysis, Welle +‎ -en

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɛlən]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: wel‧len

### Verb

wellen (weak, third-person singular present wellt, past tense wellte, past participle gewellt, auxiliary haben)
* (transitive or reflexive) to wave

#### Conjugation

$^1$Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

#### Derived terms

* Wellen

#### Related terms

* Wellblech

#### Further reading

* “wellen” in Duden online
* “wellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan.

### Verb

wellen
* to well up
* to boil

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: wellen
* Limburgish: wèlle

### Further reading

* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wellen (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wellen (IV)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page IV

## Middle English
### Etymology

From Old English wiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *wallijan.

### Verb

wellen (third-person singular simple present welleth, present participle wellende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle welled)
* to boil, to bubble

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) wellen, welle | (to) wellen, welle |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | welle | welled |
| 2nd-person singular | wellest | welledest |
| 3rd-person singular | welleth | welled |
| subjunctive singular | welle | welled |
| imperative singular | welle | — |
| plural$^1$ | wellen, welle | welleden, wellede |
| imperative plural | welleth, welle | — |
| participles | wellynge, wellende | welled, ywelled |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

#### Descendants

* English: well
* Scots: well, wall

## Middle High German
### Etymology 1

From Old High German wellen.

#### Alternative forms

* wollen, wöllen, wullen

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈwellən/

#### Verb

wellen (irregular, third-person singular present wil, past tense wolte, past participle gewolt, auxiliary hān)
* to want

##### Descendants

* Alemannic German: welle, wella, wölla
** Swabian: wella
* Bavarian: woian
** Apetlonerisch: walln
** Cimbrian: bölln, béllan (Sette Comuni)
* Central Franconian: welle, wolle (non-native; but now common in some dialects via German)
** Hunsrik: weele
** Luxembourgish: wëllen
* German: wollen
* Rhine Franconian:
** Pennsylvania German: wolle
* Yiddish: וועלן (veln)

### Etymology 2

From wëlle +‎ -en

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (before 13th CE) /ˈwɛllən/

#### Verb

wëllen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present wëllet, past tense wëllete, past participle gewëllet, auxiliary hān)
* to roll

##### Descendants

* German: wellen

### References

* "wellen" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *walljan.

### Verb

wellen
* to choose

#### Further reading

* “wellen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* willen
* wollen (conflated with *waljaną)

### Etymology

A merger of Proto-West Germanic *willjan (“to want”) and Proto-West Germanic *walljan (“choose, select”).

### Verb

wellen
* to want
* to choose

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: wellen, wollen, wöllen, wullen
** Alemannic German: welle, wella, wölla
*** Swabian: wella
** Bavarian: woian
*** Apetlonerisch: walln
*** Cimbrian: bölln, béllan (Sette Comuni)
** Central Franconian: welle, wolle (non-native; but now common in some dialects via German)
*** Hunsrik: weele
*** Luxembourgish: wëllen
** German: wollen
** Rhine Franconian:
*** Pennsylvania German: wolle
** Yiddish: וועלן (veln)

#### References

* "wellen" in Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (6th edition 2014)
* Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition