willen

Meaning

1. (transitive) to want, desire
2. (modal) to want to, will, be willing to
3. (ellipsis) to want to go somewhere (cf. English want in)
4. (conditional, past) to wish, would like, would (as in dated English I would that)

Concepts

want

wish

desire

will

like

mean

be willing to

love

❤️

design

mean to

do deliberately

be going to

want to have

dream

😴💭

hope

intend

need

require

willing

would

Synonyms

verlangen

wensen

begeren

van plan zijn

nodig hebben

trek hebben in

zin hebben

vereisen

hopen

behoeven

toewensen

moeten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʋɪl.ə(n)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: willen

Inherited from Old Dutch: willen

In summary

From Middle Dutch willen, from Old Dutch willen, from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. The variant past forms with ou go back to early Middle Dutch wolde(n), following the regular shift old, olt > oud, out.

Sentences

Anders zal niemand het meer willen proberen .

Otherwise, no one in the end will want to go out on a limb.

Ze willen je ontmoeten om de zaken te bespreken .

They want to meet you to discuss things.

Over deze eerste kwestie zou ik het volgende willen zeggen .

On this first issue, I would like to say the following.

Dan willen jonge mensen ook weer in de dorpen blijven wonen .

Our concern here is that young people will also then stay in the villages again.

Dat is waartoe wij u willen oproepen .

We call on you to take this action.

Nog een punt waar ik de aandacht op zou willen vestigen zijn de cijfers .

Another point I would draw attention to is the figures.

Ik zou graag twee kwesties onder de aandacht willen brengen .

I should like to make two points.

Ook in dat kader zouden we graag overleg met u willen voeren .

We would, of course, be pleased if this body were to be able to have talks with you.