werden
to become
- Past (Präteritum)
- wurde
- Past participle
- geworden (sein)
Three functions: full verb (become), future auxiliary (*ich werde gehen*), passive auxiliary (*es wird gemacht*, participle then *worden*). Past subjunctive *würde* is the core of Konjunktiv II. *Es wird kalt / dunkel / Zeit.*
Conjugation
Present
- wird
- present, singular, third-person
- werde
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- werden
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- wirst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- werdet
- indicative, plural, present, second-person
- werd
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
Past
- wurde
- past
- ward
- archaic, past
- wurden
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- wurdest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- wardst
- archaic, indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- wurdet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- würde
- past, subjunctive
- werde
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würden
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- sei geworden
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- seien geworden
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seist geworden
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest geworden
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiet geworden
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäre geworden
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wären geworden
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wärst geworden
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest geworden
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärt geworden
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret geworden
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde werden
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden werden
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest werden
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet werden
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde werden
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden werden
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest werden
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet werden
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde geworden sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden geworden sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest geworden sein
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- werd
- imperative, second-person, singular
- werde
- imperative, second-person, singular
- werdet
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- worden
- form-of, participle, past
- geworden
- participle, past
- werdend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- werden
- infinitive
Other
- bin geworden
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- sind geworden
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- bist geworden
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- seid geworden
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- ist geworden
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- war geworden
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- waren geworden
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- warst geworden
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- wart geworden
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- werden werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde werden
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- wirst werden
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet werden
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird werden
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- geworden sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde geworden sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden geworden sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst geworden sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet geworden sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird geworden sein
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Werden
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
Prefixed forms (2)
- loswerden (separable)
to get rid of
Ich werde die Erkältung nicht los. — I can't get rid of the cold.
- wachwerden (separable)
to wake up
Ich werde früh wach. — separate