would

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (auxiliary) Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
2. (auxiliary) Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
3. (auxiliary) Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
4. (archaic, auxiliary) Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
5. (archaic, auxiliary) Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
6. (auxiliary, obsolete) Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
7. (auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
8. (auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
9. (auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
10. (auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
11. (auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
12. (auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
13. (auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
14. (archaic, auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
15. (archaic, auxiliary) A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

Noun

Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

Intj

Ellipsis of I would, used to denote that the speaker finds another person sexually attractive.

Concepten

zouden

gelieve

Use the past tense

willen

Synoniemen

hypothetical

might

will

should

would have

soon

🔜

suppose

would that

shall

had

if only

ought

erstwhile

Vertalingen

würde

Use the conditional tense

Use the conditional tense

Use the conditional tense

wollte

Use the conjunctive mood

vouloir

istemek

solere

volere

volli

por favor

veuillez

würden

Use the imperfect tense

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wʊd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wolde

In summary

From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, predecessor of will.
The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in should and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).

Zinnen

Why would I want to do that ?

Waarom zou ik dat willen doen?

I thought that everything I owned would be destroyed .

Ik dacht dat alles wat ik bezat zou worden vernietigd.

They would go out together dancing or to the opera or theatre .

Ze zouden samen dansen of naar de opera of theater gaan.

Paul would be working in Nottingham .

Paul zou in Nottingham werken.

How many slices would you like Santiago ?

We would prefer for your search to be carried out discreetly .

We geven er de voorkeur aan dat uw zoektocht discreet wordt uitgevoerd.