willfahren
German
Etymology
From Middle High German willenvarn, a univerbation of sīns willen vāren (“to act according to someone's wishes”), with vāren = to strive; the second part is not identical with German fahren.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɪlˈfaːʁən/
- Hyphenation: will‧fah‧ren
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Verb
willfahren (weak, third-person singular present willfahrt, past tense willfahrte, past participle willfahrt or gewillfahrt, auxiliary haben)
- (dated, formal) to obey
Conjugation
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References
- Friedrich Kluge (1995), “willfahren”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 891
Further reading
- “willfahren” in Duden online
- “willfahren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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