sollen

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Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sollen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of sollar

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch sollen, from Middle French soller (to play a ball game), from Old French soule (wooden or leather ball), of unclear ultimate origin but perhaps a Germanic borrowing, from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ (bump),[1] compare German Keule (bat) and Dutch kogel (sphere-shaped object).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɔlə(n)/
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

sollen

  1. to throw back and forth (of a ball)
  2. to play, to mess
    We laten niet met ons sollen!
    We won't let anyone mess with us!

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of sollen (weak)
infinitive sollen
past singular solde
past participle gesold
infinitive sollen
gerund sollen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular sol solde
2nd person sing. (jij) solt solde
2nd person sing. (u) solt solde
2nd person sing. (gij) solt solde
3rd person singular solt solde
plural sollen solden
subjunctive sing.1 solle solde
subjunctive plur.1 sollen solden
imperative sing. sol
imperative plur.1 solt
participles sollend gesold
1) Archaic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Per FEW, TLF.

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

sollen

  1. inflection of sollar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German scholn, schuln, from Old High German sculan, skulan, scolan, from Proto-West Germanic *skulan.

Cognate with English shall and should, Dutch zullen, Danish skulle, Swedish skall and skulle.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sollen (preterite-present, third-person singular present soll, past tense sollte, past participle gesollt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (auxiliary) should; to be obligated (to do something); ought; shall
    Ich soll das machen.I should do that.
    Ich sollte das nicht tun.I should not do it.
  2. (auxiliary) to be recommended (to do something); to be asked (to do something)
  3. (auxiliary) to be intended (to do something); to be meant (to be something)
  4. (auxiliary) to be said (to do something); reportedly; they say that; I hear that; so they say; rumor has it; supposedly.
    Es soll da viele Leute geben.They say that there are many people there.
  5. (auxiliary, in a subordinate clause in the simple past tense) would; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates something that would happen in the past but after the time frame of the main clause
  6. (auxiliary, in a subordinate clause in the subjunctive) should; indicates that the subordinate clause indicates a hypothetical and unlikely condition for the main clause

Usage notes[edit]

  • Sollen expresses moral duty or the suggestion that something ought to be done. Müssen can express the necessity of doing something, but also the moral duty. Both verbs can express a duty imposed by someone else. In this case müssen is stronger than sollen, implying that the imposing person has some kind of power to make the other really do it.
  • The following infinitive can be dropped if the meaning is clear from the situation. This is especially true with tun.
    • Was soll ich heute?What should I do today?

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Further reading[edit]

  • sollen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sollen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sollen” in Duden online
  • sollen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Central Franconian solle, from Middle High German scholen, from Old High German skulan, from Proto-West Germanic *skulan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

sollen (third-person singular present soll, past participle sollen, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to ought to, shall, should

Conjugation[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

sollen

  1. inflection of sollar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative