worden
See also: wörden
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch werden, from Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
Inflection of worden (strong class 3) | ||||
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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. |
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German edit
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
worden
- past participle of werden
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Verb edit
worden
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From word + -en (infinitival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
worden
- to speak (about)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of worden (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
- English: word
References edit
- “worden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
worden