väl

Adjective

 * 1) many, much, a lot of

Etymology
From, from , from. Common Germanic word. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adverb

 * 1) well
 * 2) too (overly – from "well" as in "to a significant degree" (like in "well known"), with an implication of excessiveness)
 * 3) once (after something has happened)
 * 4) on the other hand, however
 * 1) too (overly – from "well" as in "to a significant degree" (like in "well known"), with an implication of excessiveness)
 * 2) once (after something has happened)
 * 3) on the other hand, however
 * 1) once (after something has happened)
 * 2) on the other hand, however
 * 1) on the other hand, however
 * 1) on the other hand, however
 * 1) on the other hand, however

Noun

 * 1) well-being, weal (positive state of being)

Adverb

 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely
 * 1) surely

Usage notes

 * Besides the "väl," the grammar is the same as for a statement in, similar to English when the "right?", etc., is removed. At the most basic level, "väl" can be thought of simply as expressing reservation (like "well" sometimes does in other contexts in English), which carries over into , though the questions are interpreted as questions just as much as in English. Though usually not how sentences are structured, imagining a "Well?" at the end of each question instead might provide intuition as well as give a feeling for why the questions have a somewhat stern or pleading tone. Grammatically, the reservation often applies to a verb instead. The "Well?" analogy can be taken too far, as the translations of the examples above are a match for tone, unlike a literal "Well?"
 * As expected from the above, it is sometimes possible to interpret a spoken sentence with väl as either a question or a statement. Note that this is also true in English for the "surely" example above. Though not always a good match for tone, replacing other instances of "väl" with "surely" might be another way to gain intuition.
 * Emphasis can change the meaning. "Du älskar väl MIG?" means "It is me you love, isn't it?", while "Du ÄLSKAR väl mig?" means "You do love me, don't you?" (Without context, the most intuitive reading of "Du älskar väl mig?" is "Du älskar väl MIG?")
 * Note that this adverb is pronounced differently from the other adverb and the noun, which are pronounced as expected from the spelling. "Väll" would reflect the pronunciation of this adverb, and is a common misspelling.