wërde

See also: werde

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• wèrdä (North-Eastern parts of Swiss)
• werdä (Region Zürich)

Etymology

From Old High German werdan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną. Compare German werden, Dutch worden, Low German warrn, Swedish varda, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰𐌽 (wairþan).

Verb

wërde

1. (Uri, auxiliary) will

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 83.