In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | vilja |
| Present | vill |
| Past | ville |
| Imperative | vill |
| Supine | velat |
Verbs conjugated like 'vilja'
vilja,
Verbs similar to 'vilja'
gilja,
välja,
vila,
villa,
åvila,
balja,
bevilja,
bila,
bilda,
billa,
Translations
want, desire
Sample Sentences
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- eller att vilja vara president, eller mamma och president. Eller inte.
(Barbie)
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Skulle ni alla inte vilja leva hela livet till den här musiken ?
(Merrily We Roll Along)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. runsv., fsv.
vilia; jfr fd. vilje (d. ville), fvn. vilja, got.
wiljan, fsax.
willian (mlt. willen), mnl., nl.
willen, ffris. willa, fht., mht.
wellen (t. wollen), feng.
willan (eng. will), lat. velle, lit. vẽlyti, sanskr. vṛṇā́ti; till en rot med bet.: vilja, välja. — Jfr BEVILJA, VILJA, sbst., VOLUNTARISM, VÄLJA References:
1
2. From Old Swedish vilia, from Old Norse vilja, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. See: Old Swedish '
vilia', Proto-Germanic '
*wiljaną'.
Verbs referencing "vilja"
German, old spelling
wollen.
Cognates
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.