werden

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Verb

werden

  1. The plural past tense of worden.

[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

Old High German werdan. Cognate with Dutch worden and obsolete English verb worth (to become).

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[edit] Verb

werden (irregular, third-person singular simple present wird, past tense wurde, auxiliary sein, past participle geworden or worden)

  1. (auxiliary, with an infinitive, past participle: “geworden) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
    Ich werde nach Hause gehen. - “I will go home.”
  2. (auxiliary, with a past participle, past participle: “worden) to be (done); forms the passive voice
    Das Buch wird gerade gelesen. - “The book is being read.”
    Er war geschlagen worden. - “He had been beaten.”
  3. (intransitive, past participle: “geworden) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
    Es wird heißer. - “It's getting hotter.”

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