Swedish verb · adjective· top 100 most common
vill
vill as a verb
Meaning
want
vill as an adjective
Meaning
lost (not knowing place or directions)
Practise vill
1 / 1What does vill mean?
Questions
What does vill mean in English?
vill means “want”.
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish verbs for eat, want and canComplete Swedish – Season 1
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- Swedish words for now, today, tomorrowComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Talking about the future with skaComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish vocabulary for home, world, workComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish question words: vad and hurComplete Swedish – Season 1
Origin
From Old Norse villr, from Proto-Germanic *wilþijaz.
Nearby common words
vill is number 37 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary