Widerwille
German, noun[ˈviːdɐˌvɪlə]
Widerwille is spelled W-I-D-E-R-W-I-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Widerwille is a German masculine noun meaning “reluctance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Einstellung/Gefühl einer starken Abneigung gegen jemanden oder etwas”.
What does Widerwille mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereluctance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Einstellung/Gefühl einer starken Abneigung gegen jemanden oder etwas
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 Widerwille
- Widerwillens genitive
- Widerwillen dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Widerwille?
- [ˈviːdɐˌvɪlə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Widerwille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Widerwille in German?
Widerwille appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).