weil

Meaning

  1. because, given that
  2. (archaic,obsolete) while, during

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

will

Zürich

Zürich

wil

Zürich

Zürich

well

Graubünden

Graubünden

will

Bern

Bern

wüu

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

wel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

will

Fribourg

Fribourg

wyl

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

weil

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wil

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

wahl

Fribourg

Fribourg

wyù

Lucerne

Lucerne

wel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/vaɪ̯l/
Etymology

From the accusative of Middle High German wīle (modern Weile), from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu, from Proto-Germanic *hwīlō.

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