werdan

Old High German

Etymology

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

Verb

wërdan

1. to be
2. to become
3. to happen

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle High German: werden
  • Alemannic German: wërde

    Swabian: werra

  • Central Franconian: wääde, wääre
  • German: werden
  • Luxembourgish: wäerten
  • Pennsylvania German: waerre
  • Yiddish: ווערן (vern)

Further reading

• Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition