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in the PONS Dictionary

would [wʊd] VB aux

1. would (in indirect speech):

2. would (to express condition):

what would you do if ...?

3. would (to express inclination):

sb would rather/sooner do sth
sb would rather die than do sth

4. would (polite request):

if you would just wait a moment ...
would you like some cake?

5. would (expressing opinion):

it would have been very boring ...
I would imagine that ...

6. would (express regularity):

would

7. would poet liter (expresses a wish):

ah, would that I were younger!

I. ˈwould-be ADJ attr, inv

would-be
Möchtegernpolitiker(in) m (f) pej

II. ˈwould-be N

would-be
Möchtegern m <-s, -e> pej
would-be
Gernegroß m <-, -e> pej