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wurde

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See also: würde and Würde

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Formed by analogy with the plural wurden, from Middle High German wurden (singular wart). The verbs of this class normally generalise the singular vowel; as in sterben etc. we should thus expect werden, ward, warden, geworden. These forms are attested, but the plural usually retained the u-form and this -u- tended to be generalised to the singular. A possible reason is the a-forms’ phonetic similarity to war, waren. The final -e in wurde is unetymological; it goes back to a development in Early Modern German where -e was added to strong past tenses (after the subjunctive and/or by hypercorrection; hence archaic sahe, fande for sah, fand). It may have survived here by analogy with the fellow auxiliary hatte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʊʁdə/
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Verb

wurde

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of werden

Usage notes

  • Until the earlier 20th century, wurde was seen as a correct, but less formal byform of ward. The latter has since become archaic, however.
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Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwur.de/, [ˈwurˠ.de]

Verb

wurde

  1. inflection of weorþan:
    1. second-person subjunctive singular
    2. preterite subjunctive singular

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wertha.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvødə/, /ˈvørə/

Verb

wurde

  1. to become
  2. to be (used to form the passive voice)
    Ik waard sjoen.
    I was seen.

Inflection

More information Strong class 3, infinitive ...

Further reading

  • wurde (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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