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wurde

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See also: würde and Würde

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Formed by analogy with the plural wurden, from Middle High German wurden (singular wart). The verbs of this class normally generalise the singular vowel; as in sterben etc. we should thus expect werden, ward, warden, geworden. These forms are attested, but the plural usually retained the u-form and this -u- tended to be generalised to the singular. A possible reason is the a-forms’ phonetic similarity to war, waren. The final -e in wurde is unetymological; it goes back to a development in Early Modern German where -e was added to strong past tenses (after the subjunctive and/or by hypercorrection; hence archaic sahe, fande for sah, fand). It may have survived here by analogy with the fellow auxiliary hatte.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvʊʁdə/
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Verb

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wurde

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of werden

Usage notes

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  • Until the earlier 20th century, wurde was seen as a correct, but less formal byform of ward. The latter has since become archaic, however.

Old English

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈwur.de/, [ˈwurˠ.de]

Verb

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wurde

  1. inflection of weorþan:
    1. second-person subjunctive singular
    2. preterite subjunctive singular

West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian wertha.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvødə/, /ˈvørə/

Verb

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wurde

  1. to become
  2. to be (used to form the passive voice)
    Ik waard sjoen.
    I was seen.

Inflection

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Strong class 3
infinitive wurde
3rd singular past waard
past participle wurden
infinitive wurde
long infinitive wurden
gerund wurden n
auxiliary hawwe
indicative present tense past tense
1st singular wurd waard
2nd singular wurdst waardst
clitic form wurdsto waardsto
3rd singular wurdt waard
plural wurde waarden
imperative wurd
participles wurdend wurden

Further reading

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  • wurde (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011