Synonyms: be willing to, will, wish
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /wɒnt/ |
| Hyphenation | want |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑢𐑪𐑯𐑑 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐶𐐱𐑌𐐻 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) want | (I) wanted |
| (thou) wantest | (thou) wantedst |
| (he) wants, wanteth | (he) wanted |
| (we) want | (we) wanted |
| (you) want | (you) wanted |
| (they) want | (they) wanted |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) want | (I) wanted |
| (thou) want | (thou) wanted |
| (he) want | (he) wanted |
| (we) want | (we) wanted |
| (you) want | (you) wanted |
| (they) want | (they) wanted |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| wanting | wanted |
| Afrikaans | wil |
|---|---|
| Albanian | dua |
| Catalan | voler |
| Czech | chtít; přát si; žádat |
| Danish | ville |
| Dutch | willen |
| English (Old English) | willan |
| Esperanto | voli |
| Faeroese | vilja |
| Finnish | tahtoa |
| French | vouloir |
| German | wollen |
| Hungarian | akar |
| Icelandic | vilja |
| Italian | volere |
| Jamaican Patois | wahn |
| Low German | willen; wüllen |
| Malay | mau |
| Norwegian | ville |
| Papiamento | ke; kier |
| Polish | chcieć |
| Portuguese | querer; ter vontade de |
| Romanian | dori |
| Russian | хотеть |
| Saterland Frisian | wolle |
| Scots | want |
| Scottish Gaelic | iarr |
| Spanish | querer |
| Sranan | wani |
| Swahili | ‐taka |
| Swedish | vilja |
| Thai | อยาก |
| West Frisian | wolle |