wählen

Meaning

  1. to choose, to select
  2. to dial (a telephone number, etc.)
  3. to vote; (transitive) to vote for (a politician, party etc.)

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

wähle

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

wehle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

weele

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as
wäh‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɛːlən/
Etymology

In summary

From Old High German wellen, from Proto-West Germanic *walljan, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

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