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wählen

wählen

See also: Wahlen

German

Verb

wählen (third-person singular simple present wählt, past tense wählte, past participle gewählt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to choose
  2. to dial (a telephone number)
  3. to vote
    Wer wählen darf, kann wählen.
    Those who are allowed to vote can vote.

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Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German wēlen, from Old Saxon *welian, from Proto-Germanic *waljaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. See also wüllen.

Verb

wählen (past wähl, past participle wählt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. to choose
  2. to dial (a telephone number)
  3. to vote

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