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worden
worden
See also: wörden
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɔrdə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch werden, from Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.
Verb
worden
- (copulative) to become
- Zij wilde altijd al lerares worden. ― She always wanted to become a teacher.
- (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) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | worden | |||
| past singular | werd | |||
| past participle | geworden | |||
| infinitive | worden | |||
| gerund | worden n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| 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
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Verb
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.