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wollen

VerbLevel A1

British: /ˈvɔlən/American: /ˈvɔlən/

Primary stress is on wol.

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Meaning 1neutral · 90%

to want or intend to do or have something

Equivalents in base languages

فارسی

خواستن

Հայերեն

ուզել

uzel

Natural examples

Ich will im Sommer Deutsch lernen.

Willst du einen Kaffee?

Wir wollten gestern ins Kino gehen.

Usage note

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

Useful combinations

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

Common mistake

Er will kommt morgen.

Er will morgen kommen.

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

Mini-lesson: Modal frame

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

Check your learningReveal answer and explanation

Which sentence is correct?

Ich will heute kochen.Ich will heute koche.Ich wollen heute kochen.

Correct answer: Ich will heute kochen.
wollen is conjugated, and kochen stays infinitive.

Form and grammar

infinitive: wollen
third person present: will
preterite: wollte
Past participle: gewollt
auxiliary: haben
Separable: No
prefix: —
reflexive: No
modal: Yes
imperative du: —
imperative ihr: —
imperative sie: —
Transitivity: modal · transitive
valency patterns: wollen + Infinitiv · etwas (Akk.) wollen

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

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möchten mögen

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