vilja

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

vilja (third person singular past indicative vildi, third person plural past indicative vilað, supine vilað)

1. to will
2. to wish
3. to persist
4. to intend to

From Proto-Finnic *vilja, an Indo-European loan, cognate with Russian обилие (obilije, “abundance”) . Other cognates include Estonian vili, Veps vil'l' and Proto-Samic *vëljē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiljɑ/
• Hyphenation: vil‧ja

vilja

1. grain, cereal
2. (archaic, dialectal) abundance

vilja

1. (rare) abundant

   Synonym: runsas

• viljalti (“a lot”)

From Old Norse vilja (“to want”), from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlja/
• Rhymes: -ɪlja

vilja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative vildi, supine viljað)

1. (with accusative) to want, wish, would like

   Ég vil fara heim. ― I want to go home.

vilja

1. grain (cereal)

• vilje (e infinitive)

From Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Akin to English will

• IPA^(key): /²ʋɪljɑ/

vilja (present tense vil, past tense ville, past participle vilja, present participle viljande)

1. want

   Eg vil dra no. ― I want to leave now.

2. will (expressing future tense)

   Det der vil du angra på. ― You will regret that.

• “vilja” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *wiljaną (“to want”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to want, choose”). Compare Old English willan, Old Frisian willa, Old Saxon willian, Old High German wellen, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wiljan).

vilja (singular past indicative vildi, plural past indicative vildu, past participle viljat)

1. to want

• vilja in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

vilja

1. oblique singular indefinite of vili

• IPA^(key): /²vɪlːja/

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From Old Swedish vili, vilie, from Old Norse vili, from Proto-Germanic *wiljô.

vilja c

1. will; a person’s intent, volition, decision.

• att ha en egen vilja
• viljestyrka
• frivillig
• att vilja är att kunna

From Old Swedish vilia, from Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-.

vilja

1. to want, desire

   De vill att vi hjälper dem att måla huset. ― They want us to help them paint the house.

   Vill du ha kaffe eller te? ― Do you want coffee or tea?

2. to intend, be going to, will

   Det vill komma till dig, när du är gammal nog. ― It will come to you, when you are old enough.

Used with verbs in the infinitive, without infinitive marker ("att"). However note that there may be a conjunction "att" (in the sense of "that") following right after. The first example is a case in point, which could be interpreted as They want that we help them or, more naturally, They want us to help them.

Unlike wanting to do something ("I want to eat") and wanting something to happen ("I want you to eat"), wanting an object is expressed with vilja in combination with ha ("have"). Thus "I want food" is said Jag vill ha mat (not Jag vill mat).

• skulle vilja