worden

From Middle Dutch werden, from Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔrdə(n)/

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1. (copulative) to become

   Zij wilde altijd al lerares worden. ― She always wanted to become a teacher.

   Mijn broer wordt vandaag twintig. ― My brother is turning twenty today.

2. (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.

• The perfect tense passive is formed using zijn.

• verworden
• wording
• gewaarworden
• wakker worden

• Afrikaans: word

• wonder

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1. past participle of werden

• 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.

worden

1. inflection of werden:
   1. first-person and third-person plural past indicative
   2. first-person and third-person plural past subjunctive

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worden

1. past participle of weorþan