willekeur

Meaning

1. (common-gender, derogatory, no-diminutive, often) caprice, capriciousness, arbitrariness
2. (common-gender, no-diminutive) arbitrariness, arbitrary decision-making

Concepts

arbitrariness

arbiter

arbitrator

whimsicalness

will

Translations

Willkür

Flatterhaftigkeit

Grillenhaftigkeit

Launenhaftigkeit

Willkürlichkeit

Beliebigkeit

Sprunghaftigkeit

αυθαιρεσία

arbitrarietà

arbitrio

sventatezza

arbitrariedade

arbítrio

arbitrariedad

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʋɪ.ləˌkøːr/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: willecore

In summary

From Middle Dutch willecore. By surface analysis, wil (“will, desire”) + -e- + keur (“choice”); thus roughly translatable as "choice at will".