Meaning

  1. (copulative) to become, to get, to grow, to turn
  2. (auxiliary, transitive) Used to form the imperfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʋɔrdə(n)/
Etymology

In summary

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

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