vilja

vilja

1. genitive singular of vili
2. partitive singular of vili
3. illative singular of vili

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlja/

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

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

From Proto-Finnic *vilja, borrowed from Proto-Indo-European (if not directly from Slavic or Balto-Slavic - compare Proto-Slavic *obilьje, from an earlier *obvilьje, see *obilъ)^[1] and Czech obilí (“grain, cereals”)).^[2] Other cognates include Karelian vil'l'a, Estonian vili, Veps vilʹlʹ and Proto-Samic *vëljē.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiljɑ/, [ˈʋiljɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iljɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vil‧ja
• Hyphenation^(key): vil‧ja

vilja

1. grain, cereal, corn (type of grass cultivated for its edible grains)
2. grain (harvested seeds from such or similar plants collectively)
3. (archaic, dialectal) abundance

• jyvä

vilja

1. (rare, archaic) synonym of runsas (“abundant”)

• “vilja”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlja/
• Rhymes: -ɪlja

vilja (preterite-present verb, third-person singular present indicative vill, third-person singular past indicative vildi, supine viljað)

1. to want

   Ég vil fara heim.

   I want to go home.

2. to wish

   Ég vildi að það væru þvottabirnir á Íslandi. Þeir eru svo sætir. Ég myndi leika við þá og gefa þeim ruslið mitt.

   I wish there were raccoons in Iceland. They're so cute. I'd play with them and give them my trash.

This verb is slightly irregular.

• viljä

From Proto-Finnic *vilja. Cognates include Finnish vilja and Estonian vili.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋiljɑ/, [ˈʋilʲː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋiljɑ/, [ˈʋilʲjɑ]
• Rhymes: -ilj, -iljɑ
• Hyphenation: vil‧ja

vilja

1. grain, cereal
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 40:

     Vilja käsil kylvettii.

     The grain was sown by hand.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 667

• vilje (e infinitive)
• vi(j)a, vyljå, vyå, velja, vi, ve (dialectal)

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

• Along with only two other verbs (munu and skulu), vilja has a special past tense infinitive. It is equal to the third person plural past tense vildu. This rare form is mostly used when the verb of the main clause also is in the past tense.

vilja

1. inflection of vili:
   1. indefinite accusative singular/plural
   2. indefinite dative/genitive singular
   3. indefinite genitive plural

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “vilja”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

• IPA^(key): /²vɪlːja/

• Audio:

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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.

• vilje

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

• → Elfdalian: wila f

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

vilja (present vill, preterite ville, supine velat)

1. to want, desire

   De vill att vi hjälper dem att måla huset

   They want us to help them paint the house

   Jag vill klappa en gullig kanin

   I want to pet a cute rabbit

   Vill du ha kaffe eller te?

   Do you want coffee or tea?

   Jag vill till affären

   I want to go to the store (see the usage notes for why there is no gå, åka, or the like)

   Jag vill hem

   I want (to go) home

   • 1917 translation, the Bible, Deuteronomy (Femte Mosebok), 1:26

     Men I villen icke draga ditupp, utan voren gensträviga mot HERRENS, eder Guds, befallning.

     Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God.

2. (rare) 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). Put another way, wanting to have (ha) is not a special case in Swedish, and needs to be specified.
• Often used with an implied gå (“walk”), åka (“drive”), följa (“follow”), or the like. See ska, which works identically.

• skulle vilja

• vilja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vilja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vilja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)