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Verb 26 of 100 · Modal verb · Perfekt with haben

Wollen conjugation.

wollen means “want”.

will · wollte · hat gewollt

The present, the Präteritum and the Perfekt in the third person. The chart has all six persons.

wollenwant
PersonPresentPräteritumPerfekt
ichwillwolltehabe gewollt
duwillstwolltesthast gewollt
er/sie/eswillwolltehat gewollt
wirwollenwolltenhaben gewollt
ihrwolltwolltethabt gewollt
sie/Siewollenwolltenhaben gewollt

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What the chart does not show.

With another verb, the Perfekt takes the infinitive in place of the participle: Er hat kommen wollen. In speech the Präteritum is the usual past: Er wollte kommen.

In sentences

Wollen in use.

The 5 sentences the course uses for wollen, each with its recording.

  • Wollt ihr ein Haus kaufen?

    Do you want to buy a house?

  • Aber ich will noch nicht gehen.

    But I don't want to go yet.

  • Sie wollte nur helfen.

    She only wanted to help.

  • Was willst du essen?

    What do you want to eat?

  • Ich will ein neues Auto.

    I want a new car.

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The forms and sentences come from the Wortplay course. Its vocabulary draws on the Ding dictionary and on frequency data from wordfreq; audio is generated German speech. About the sources.