Synonyms: be willing to, want, will
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /wɪʃ/ |
| Hyphenation | wish |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑢𐑦𐑖 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) wish | (I) wished |
| (thou) wishest | (thou) wishedst |
| (he) wishes, wisheth | (he) wished |
| (we) wish | (we) wished |
| (you) wish | (you) wished |
| (they) wish | (they) wished |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) wish | (I) wished |
| (thou) wish | (thou) wished |
| (he) wish | (he) wished |
| (we) wish | (we) wished |
| (you) wish | (you) wished |
| (they) wish | (they) wished |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| wishing | wished |
| 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; avoir à |
| German | wollen |
| Hungarian | akar |
| Icelandic | vilja |
| Italian | volere |
| Jamaican Patois | wahn |
| Low German | willen; wüllen |
| Malay | mahu; mau |
| Norwegian | ville |
| Papiamento | ke; kiè; kier |
| Polish | chcieć |
| Portuguese | querer; ter vontade de |
| Romanian | dori |
| Russian | захотеть; хотеть |
| Saterland Frisian | wolle |
| Scots | want |
| Scottish Gaelic | iarr |
| Spanish | querer |
| Sranan | wani |
| Swahili | ‐taka |
| Swedish | vilja |
| Thai | ต้องการ; อยาก; อยากจะ |
| West Frisian | wolle |