jawohl

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (emphatic) yes
  2. yessir; yes sir

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

jowoll

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/jaːˈvoːl/
Etymology

In summary

From ja (“yes”) with the emphatic wohl placed after it, meaning “it is willed”. Compare Dutch jawel.

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