wählen
Meaning
- to choose, to select
- to dial (a telephone number, etc.)
- to vote; (transitive) to vote for (a politician, party etc.)
Concepts
make one’s choice
𐐽𐐭𐑆
vote for
select elect
Synonyms
eine Auswahl treffen
stimmen für
Wahlversammlung
anzeichnen
sich entscheiden
voten
optiren
zur Frau nehmen
auf den Schild heben
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Appenzell Innerrhoden
wähle
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
wehle
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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