Worden
Dutch
Pronunciation
/wOrden/
verb
- to become
Conjugation
Auxiliary verb: zijn
...tense
person... | Present
(onvoltooid tegenwoordige tijd)) | Past
(onvoltooid verleden tijd) | Past participle
(voltooid deelwoord) |
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| singular |
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| ik | word | werd | geworden |
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| jij (je)/u | wordt | werd | id. |
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| hij/zij (ze)/men | wordt | werd | id. |
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| plural |
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| wij (we) | worden | werden | id. |
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| jullie | worden | werden | id. |
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| zij (ze) | worden | werden | id. |
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Present participle (onvoltooid deelwoord): wordend, wordende
Imperative (gebiedende wijs): word
- Note
- When the order of jij (or the unstressed form je) and wordt is reversed, the final t is dropped. Compare Jij wordt (you become) with Word jij (do you become). This is not the case when the polite form u is used.
- Usage examples
- Zij wilde altijd al lerares worden.: She always wanted to become a teacher.
Passive voice
- Usage notes
- The subject ondergoes an act. In English the verb to be is used.
- Usage examples
- De muur wordt geschilderd: The wall is painted
- De muur werd geschilderd: The wall was painted
- De muur zal worden geschilderd: The wall will be painted
- De muur is geschilderd (geworden): The wall has been painted
- Note
- geworden has been put between brackets because it has become archaic to put geworden at the end of a Dutch passive voice.
