Timeline for Can you use "wollen" in Konjunktiv II simply to mean what will happen (no volition)?
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| Jul 20, 2015 at 14:04 | comment | added | Mac | @Catomic: It's a matter of nuance. "Wird" is a neutral statement of fact. "Will" is a) poetic, because it sounds archaic; b) to me, it seems to emphasise the gradual approach of evening; c) this process has probably already started, whereas with "wird" all of the described process is in the future. | |
| Jul 20, 2015 at 13:59 | comment | added | Mac | @wolfgang: "Es will Abend werden" is archaic use: some people know it from fairy tales or, especially, Luke 24:29 - which is also the title of Bach's cantata BWV 6. See also Adelung's dictionary from 1801 - the 8th definition of "wollen" [zeno.org/Adelung-1793/A/Wollen] | |
| Jul 20, 2015 at 13:54 | comment | added | Catomic | Thank you again. How is "Es will Abend werden" different from "Es wird Abend werden"? Unlike the persisting wall, "Es will..." does not seem to have a metaphorical reading available to it. | |
| Jul 20, 2015 at 13:13 | comment | added | Veredomon | @Catomic: I enhanced my answer. | |
| Jul 20, 2015 at 13:10 | history | edited | Veredomon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 20, 2015 at 11:00 | comment | added | wolfgang | "Es will Abend werden" - never heard that. "Will nicht verschwinden" - in this idiom, the "Mauer" is personified to be something that actively refuses to disappear. I see volition only. | |
| Jul 20, 2015 at 10:44 | history | answered | Veredomon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |