solle

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German skulan, sulan, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Cognate with German sollen, Dutch zullen, English should, Icelandic skulu, Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌿𐌻𐌰𐌽 (skulan).

Verb

solle

  1. (Uri, auxiliary) should

Conjugation

References

  • “solle” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 84.

Central Franconian

Etymology

From Old High German sulan, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Compare German sollen, Dutch zullen, English shall.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzolə/ (generally)
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔlə/ (western Moselle Franconian)

Verb

solle (third-person singular present soll or sall, past tense sollt, past participle jesollt or gesollt)

  1. (most dialects) shall; should; to be supposed to; expressing obligation or hearsay
  2. (most dialects, dated) will; shall; used to form the future tense

Usage notes

  • The traditional singular present form is sall in most dialects, but soll is now predominant due to standard German influence.
  • The past tense may have the same vowel as the present, or may have /ɔ/ instead of /o/.

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔlə/

Verb

solle

  1. First-person singular subjunctive I of sollen.
  2. Third-person singular subjunctive I of sollen.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsolə/

Verb

solle

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Further reading


Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsol.le/, [ˈsɔl.lɛ]

Adjective

solle

  1. vocative singular masculine of sollus

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German sulan, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną. Compare German sollen, Dutch zullen, English shall.

Verb

solle

  1. should, to be supposed to do something
  2. shall

Usage notes

  • Used as a modal verb.

Conjugation

ich soll — I am supposed to
du sollscht — you are supposed to
er, sie, es soll — he, she, it is supposed to
mer solle — we are supposed to
dihr sollt — you guys are supposed to
sie solle — they are supposed to
gsollt — was supposed to
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