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wollen: to want — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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wollen

to want

to want or intend to do or have something

IPA/ˈvɔlən/

Primary stress is on wol.

wollen: to want

Meaning 1neutral · 90%

to want or intend to do or have something

Ich will im Sommer Deutsch lernen.

Willst du einen Kaffee?

Wir wollten gestern ins Kino gehen.

The second verb is not conjugated: Er will kommen, not Er will kommt.

Deutsch lernen wollen — to want to learn Germanetwas trinken wollen — to want to drink something

Er will kommt morgen.

Er will morgen kommen.

After a modal verb, the second verb is an infinitive and usually stands at the end.

Conjugate wollen and put the other verb at the end: Ich will schlafen.

Choose one answer.

Which sentence is correct?

wollen is a modal verb. With another verb, that verb stays in the infinitive at the end: Ich will Deutsch lernen.