werdan
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“turn, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wértti.
Verb
wërdan
- to be
- to become
- to happen
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Middle High German: werden
- Alemannic German: wërde
- Swabian: werra
- Central Franconian: wääde, wäre
- German: werden
- Luxembourgish: wäerten
- Pennsylvania German: waerre
- Yiddish: ווערן (vern)
- Alemannic German: wërde
Further reading
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition