gewollt
German, adjective/ɡəˈvɔlt/
gewollt is spelled G-E-W-O-L-L-T (7 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewollt is a German adjective meaning “deliberate; intentional; intended” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of wollen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Absicht, mit Unterstützung geschehen (in Österreich salopp)”.
What does gewollt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deliberate; intentional; intended
- 2
contrived; unnatural; awkward; cheesy
Das Gedicht klingt gewollt.
verb
- 1
past participle of wollen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit Absicht, mit Unterstützung geschehen (in Österreich salopp)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gewollt
- gewollter masculine nominative singular
- am gewolltesten superlative
- gewollte feminine nominative singular
- gewolltes neuter nominative singular
- gewollten genitive masculine singular
- gewolltem dative masculine singular
- der gewollte definite includes-article masculine
- die gewollte definite feminine includes-article
- das gewollte definite includes-article neuter
- die gewollten definite includes-article nominative
- des gewollten definite genitive includes-article
- der gewollten definite feminine genitive
- dem gewollten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewollt?
- /ɡəˈvɔlt/
- [ɡəˈvɔlt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gewollt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gewollt in German?
gewollt appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).