worden

Meaning

past participle of werden

werden

1. (auxiliary, irregular) will, to be going to, forms the future tense
2. (auxiliary, irregular, subjunctive) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
3. (auxiliary, irregular) to be done; forms the passive voice
4. (copulative, irregular) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
5. (irregular) for one to begin or come to feel or experience
6. (colloquial, copulative, irregular) to be; to happen; to occur (in the future)
7. (colloquial, irregular) to be acceptable; to function correctly; to have the desired result or effect

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Concepts

have

was

were

has

Dialects

Zürich

worde

Fribourg

worde

Fribourg

chua

Appenzell Innerrhoden

worde

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

The prefix ge- was originally a marker of the perfective aspect. As such it was principally not added to verbs like werden that were by definition (mostly) perfective. (Remnants of this distinction are still found in dialects; compare Luxembourgish bruecht, fonnt, komm.) In modern German, all verbs with initial stress take the prefix ge-. The exception of worden has euphonic reasons, because as an auxiliary it is always combined with another past participle. This distinction between geworden (full verb) and worden (auxiliary) fully established itself only during the 19th century, however.

Sentences

Auf welcher Rechtsgrundlage ist er gefangen genommen worden ?

On what legal basis was he captured?

Seine Bücher sind auch auf Rumänisch , Deutsch und anderen Sprachen übersetzt worden .

His books have also been translated into Romanian, German and other languages.

Die Kobaltmine ist vor Jahrzehnten aufgegeben worden .

The cobalt mine was abandoned decades ago.

Die Siedlung scheint aber während der Reconquista weitgehend zerstört worden zu sein .

However, the settlement seems to have been largely destroyed during the Reconquista.

Sie ist unlängst Christoph Haas zugeschrieben worden .

It has recently been attributed to Christoph Haas.