werden
Meaning
- (auxiliary,irregular) will; to be going to; forms the future tense
- (auxiliary,irregular,subjunctive) would; forms the subjunctive tense of most verbs
- (auxiliary,irregular) to be done; forms the passive voice
- (copulative,irregular) to become; to get; to grow; to turn
- (irregular) for one to begin or come to feel or experience
- (colloquial,copulative,irregular) to be, to happen, to occur (in the future)
- (colloquial,irregular) to be going to work
Concepts
Synonyms
sich verwandeln
sich wenden
erledigen
in Kraft sein
sich anziehen
sich wandeln
geraten in
sich umdrehen
reduziert werden auf
Gültigkeit haben
etw. beziehen
etw. bekommen
sich etw. besorgen
sich etw. beschaffen
etw. erreichen
etw. erhalten
etw. erwirken
gegeben sein
sich etw. zuziehen
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈveːʁdən/
Etymology
From Middle High German wërden, from Old High German werdan, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną. Cognate with Dutch worden, obsolete English worth, Swedish varda, Norwegian Nynorsk verta, and also with Latin vertere (“to turn”). The use as a passive auxiliary is old and found throughout West Germanic, whereas the use as a future auxiliary is a Middle High German innovation. It originated in inchoative constructions with the present participle: er wirt lachende (“he starts laughing, is about to laugh, will laugh”). Since the 14th century, the participle was increasingly replaced with the infinitive, probably by analogy with the older future auxiliaries wollen (“will”) and sollen (“shall”). These latter were displaced by werden in Modern German, but survive dialectally.
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Sentences
Seine Theaterstücke werden weltweit aufgeführt .
His plays are performed worldwide.
Dadurch werden Menschen zu übertriebenen Handlungen und Verunglimpfungen gezwungen .
However, it is regrettable if this degenerates into causing destruction, disturbance, threatening people and suppressing other views.
Jedoch kann die Umsetzung mit Computerunterstützung erleichtert werden .
However, implementation can be facilitated with computer support.
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