Wille

• Willen (somewhat less common)

From Middle High German wille, from Old High German willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô (“desire, will”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlə/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

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Wille m (weak, genitive Willens, plural Willen)

1. will

   Triumph des Willens.

   Triumph of the Will.

   Wir haben den Willen unseres Volkes geschützt.

   We defended the will of our people.

   Der Wille des Volkes triumphiert.

   The will of the people triumphed.

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Inherited from Middle High German wille, from Old High German willo, from Proto-West Germanic *willjō, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.^[1]

Cognate with German Wille and German Wëllen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvilə/
• Rhymes: -ilə
• Hyphenation: Wil‧le

Wille m (plural Wille)

1. will; desire

Wille

1. will
   • 1800, J. G. Hoche, Reise durch Osnabrück und Niedermünster in das Saterland, Ostfriesland und Gröningen, Bremen, page 246:

     Uſe Babe! da du beſt en Hämel, geheliget werde din No͞ama, to kume us din Rik, din Wille geſchio, wie en Hämel alſo ok op er Ide, uſe teilike Brod rek us hüt, un vergef us uſe Schelde, as ſo wy vergeben uſe Schelder, un füihr us nicht in Verſikung und erlös us von allem Èuèl.

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• Ville

Wille c (genitive Willes)

1. a diminutive of the male given names William or Wilhelm