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

  1. (copulative) to become
    Zij wilde altijd al lerares worden. ― She always wanted to become a teacher.
  2. (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

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

Descendants

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

worden

  1. 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.

Middle Dutch

Verb

worden

  1. inflection of werden:
    1. first-person and third-person plural past indicative
    2. first-person and third-person plural past subjunctive

Old English

Alternative forms

Verb

worden

  1. past participle of weorþan
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