worden
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: wörden
Etymology
From Middle Dutch werden, from Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.
Pronunciation
Verb
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
- 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.
Inflection
| Conjugation of worden (strong class 3) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Descendants
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Participle
worden
- past participle of werden
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.
Verb
worden
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
worden
- to speak (about)
Conjugation
| infinitive | (to) worden, worde | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st-person singular | worde | worded | |
| 2nd-person singular | wordest | wordedest | |
| 3rd-person singular | wordeth | worded | |
| subjunctive singular | worde | ||
| imperative singular | — | ||
| plural1 | worden, worde | wordeden, wordede | |
| imperative plural | wordeth, worde | — | |
| participles | wordynge, wordende | worded, yworded | |
Conjugation of worden (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
- English: word
References
- “worden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.
Alternative forms
Verb
worden
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
