Weile.
while (uncertain duration of time, period of time)
Meaning & usage
while (uncertain duration of time, period of time)
Darf ich auch mal eine Weile damit fahren?
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognate with Danish hvile (“rest”), Norwegian Bokmål hvile (“rest”), Old Norse hvíld (“rest, pause”), Gothic 𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰 (ƕeila, “interval, time period”), English while.
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