werdan

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“turn, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.

Verb

wërdan

to be
to become
to happen

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Middle High German: werden
- Alemannic German: wërde
  Swabian: werra
- Central Franconian: wääde, wäre
- German: werden
- Luxembourgish: wäerten
- Pennsylvania German: waerre
- Yiddish: ווערן‎‎ (vern‎)

Further reading

Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

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