| wel |
| 1. adv. (the opposite of not) (used to add positive emphasis to the verb, much like the auxiliaries do or does in affirmative sentences in English) | |
| Ik dacht dat je niet van golf hield? — Ik hou wél van golf! - I thought you didn't like golf? — I do like golf! | |
| Je ziet wel dat... - You can certainly see that... | |
| Ik ken hem wel, maar niet goed. - I do know him, but not well. | |
| Maar wat wil je dan wel? - Well then, what do you want? | |
| 2. adv. no less than, as much as, as many as (expressing amazement) | |
| Zij heeft wel twaalf uur gewerkt vandaag! - She has worked no less than twelve hours today! | |
| 3. adv. fairly | |
| Ik voel me wel aardig, maar niet echt goed. - I feel fairly decent, but not really good. | |
| 4. adv. (dated, dialectal) well | |
| Wat God doet, dat is wel gedaan. - What God does, that is well done. | |
| "Dat is wel gedacht," zeide hij. - "That is well thought through, " he said. | |
| 5. n-n. weal (general state of well-being and prosperity) | |
| 6. n-f. (rare) well, source | |
| 7. n. well; shaft (excavation made for the extraction of mineral resources) | |
| 8. v. first-person singular present indicative of wellen | |
| 9. v. imperative of wellen | |
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