wurde
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Etymology edit
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.
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wurde
Usage notes edit
- Until the earlier 20th century, wurde was seen as a correct, but less formal byform of ward. The latter has since become archaic, however.
Old English edit
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wurde
- inflection of weorþan:
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian wertha.
Pronunciation edit
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wurde
- to become
- to be (used to form the passive voice)
- Ik waard sjoen.
- I was seen.
Inflection edit
Strong class 3 | ||||
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infinitive | wurde | |||
3rd singular past | waard | |||
past participle | wurden | |||
infinitive | wurde | |||
long infinitive | wurden | |||
gerund | wurden n | |||
auxiliary | hawwe | |||
indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
1st singular | wurd | waard | ||
2nd singular | wurdst | waardst | ||
3rd singular | wurdt | waard | ||
plural | wurde | waarden | ||
imperative | wurd | |||
participles | wurdend | wurden |
Further reading edit
- “wurde (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011