See also: würde and Würde

German edit

Alternative forms edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʊʁdə/
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Verb edit

wurde

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of werden

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈwur.de/, [ˈwurˠ.de]

Verb edit

wurde

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

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian wertha.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvødə/, /ˈvørə/

Verb edit

wurde

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

Inflection edit

Strong class 3
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