will
Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or…Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
» You won't be late, will you?
Du wirst nicht zu spät kommen, nicht wahr?
Ты ведь не опоздаешь, не так ли?
Ты же не опоздаешь?
Вы же не опоздаете?
Ти ж не запізнишся, ні?
Meaning
11 senses(auxiliary, no past participle)Used to express the future tense, sometimes with an implication of volition or determination when used in the first person. Compare shall.
Do not forget, will you?
Will you be doing the shopping this evening? If so, will you do mine too, please?
(auxiliary, no past participle)To be able to, to have the capacity to.
Unfortunately, only one of these gloves will actually fit over my hand.
(auxiliary, no past participle)Expressing a present tense or perfect tense with some conditional or subjective weakening: "will turn out to", "must by inference".
He will be home by now. He always gets home before 6 o'clock.
I can't find my umbrella. I will've left it at home this morning.
(auxiliary, no past participle)To habitually do (a given action).
Boys will be boys.
People will talk.
werden, present tense form is often used
special endings
(auxiliary, no past participle)To choose or agree to (do something); used to express intention but without any temporal connotations, often in questions and negation.
Will you marry me?
What will you drink?
(literary, no past participle, transitive, uncommon)To wish, desire (something).
Do what you will.
God willed it.
(intransitive, transitive)To instruct (that something be done) in one's will.
(transitive)To bequeath (something) to someone in one's will (legal document).
He willed his stamp collection to the local museum.
vermachen
завеща́тьzaveščátʹ
(transitive)To exert one's force of will (intention) in order to compel, or attempt to compel, something to happen or someone to do something.
All the fans were willing their team to win the game.
Her parents were watching her run, willing her on.
(archaic, intransitive, no past participle)To wish or desire (that something happen); to intend (that).
Consider, if you will, the possibility that the sherry glasses were misplaced accidentally.
wollen
жела́тьželátʹ, пожела́тьpoželátʹ
(archaic, no past participle)Implying will go.
leave or give by will after one's death
Examples
67487 sentencesYou won't be late, will you?
Ти ж не запізнишся, ні?
ruТы ведь не опоздаешь, не так ли?
deDu wirst nicht zu spät kommen, nicht wahr?
How long will you stay here?
Як довго ти тут будеш?
ruКак долго ты будешь здесь?
deWie lange werdet ihr hierbleiben?
I will do anything for you.
Я що завгодно для тебе зроблю.
ruЯ сделаю для вас всё что угодно.
deIch werde alles für euch tun.
What time will the game start?
О котрій годині розпочнеться матч?
ruКогда начнётся состязание?
deWann beginnt das Spiel?
Pass me the salt, will you?
Ви не могли б подати мені сіль?
ruВы можете передать мне соль?
deGib mir das Salz, bitte!
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English willen, wullen, wollen, from Old English willan (“to want”), from ProtFrom Middle English willen, wullen, wollen, from Old English willan (“to want”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjan, from Proto-Germanic *wiljaną, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).
From Middle English willen, from Old English willian (“to will”), from Proto-West Germanic *willjōn (“to will”), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”). Cognate with German Low German willen, German willen. The verb is not always distinguishable from Etymology 1, above.
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Forms
will, willing, would, willedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
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