worden
See also: wörden
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch werden, from Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɔrdə(n)/
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Verb
worden
- (copulative) to become
- Zij wilde altijd al lerares worden. ― She always wanted to become a teacher.
- Mijn broer wordt vandaag twintig. ― My brother is turning twenty today.
- (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
- The perfect tense passive is formed using zijn.
Inflection
Inflection of worden (strong class non-standard) | ||||
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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 | 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. |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: word
German
Pronunciation
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Usage notes
- 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
Verb
worden
- inflection of werden:
- first-person and third-person plural past indicative
- first-person and third-person plural past subjunctive
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