"would rather" in German would rather lieber mögen lieber wollen Detailed translations for "would rather" would rather would rather lieber mögen would rather lieber wollen{intransitive verb} Because I would rather that he... you know, I think that he should see a private psychologist. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Weil... ich lieber wollen würde... dass er... Ich denke, er sollte einen privaten Psychologen