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See also: wörden
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch werden, from Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]worden
- (copulative) to become, to get, to grow, to turn
- Synonym: (Belgium) komen
- Zij wilde altijd al lerares worden. ― She always wanted to become a teacher.
- Mijn broer wordt vandaag twintig. ― My brother is turning twenty today.
- Het wordt hier erg benauwd. Open de ramen alsjeblieft! ― It's getting very stuffy in here. Please open the windows!
- Morgen wordt het twintig graden. ― It will be twenty degrees tomorrow.
- (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the imperfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
- Ze worden gered. ― They are being saved.
- De muur werd geschilderd. ― The wall was being painted.
- De muur zal worden geschilderd. ― The wall will be painted. / The wall is going to be painted.
Usage notes
[edit]- The perfect tense passive is formed using zijn, while worden matches English continuous constructions in meaning. Therefore, as in usage 2 above,
- Ze worden gered. translates to “They are being saved.”
- Ze werden gered. translates to “They were being saved.”
- Consequently, Ze zijn gered. and Ze waren gered. would be translated as “They have been saved.” and “They had been saved.” respectively.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of worden (strong class 3) | ||||
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infinitive | worden | |||
past singular | werd | |||
past participle | geworden | |||
infinitive | worden | |||
gerund | worden n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | word | werd | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | wordt, word2 | werd | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | wordt | werd | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | wordt | werdt | ||
3rd person singular | wordt | werd | ||
plural | worden | werden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | worde | werde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | worden | werden | ||
imperative sing. | word | |||
imperative plur.1 | wordt | |||
participles | wordend | geworden | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Derived terms
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[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Participle
[edit]worden
- past participle of werden
Usage notes
[edit]- Used in forming the perfect tense passive; in other cases, the past participle is geworden.
- In older German, the above distinction was not always maintained, and worden could be used as the past participle for all senses.
Middle Dutch
[edit]Verb
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Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From word + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]worden
- to speak (about)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of worden (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]- English: word
References
[edit]- “worden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]worden
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