"werdan" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈwer.dɑn/, [ˈwerˠ.dɑn]
Head templates: {{ang-verb}} werdan
  1. alternative form of wierdan (“to injure”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wierdan (extra: to injure)
    Sense id: en-werdan-ang-verb-CXz~PeSR Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Old High German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old High German entries with incorrect language header: 65 12 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 6 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 5 5 5

Verb [Old High German]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“turn, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Etymology templates: {{inh|goh|gmw-pro|*werþan}} Proto-West Germanic *werþan, {{inh|goh|gem-pro|*werþaną||turn, become}} Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“turn, become”), {{der|goh|ine-pro|*wert-}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- Head templates: {{head|goh|verb|head=wërdan|head2=|sort=}} wërdan, {{goh-verb|head=wërdan}} wërdan Inflection templates: {{goh-conj-st|wërd|ward|wurd|giwordan|class=3|mutstem=wird}} Forms: wërdan [canonical], strong [table-tags], wërdan [infinitive], wirdu [first-person, present, singular], wirdo [first-person, present, singular], ward [first-person, past, singular], wirdis [present, second-person, singular], wirdist [present, second-person, singular], wurdi [past, second-person, singular], wirdit [present, singular, third-person], ward [past, singular, third-person], wërdem [first-person, plural, present], wërdemēs [first-person, plural, present], wurdum [first-person, past, plural], wurdumēs [first-person, past, plural], wërdet [plural, present, second-person], wurdut [past, plural, second-person], wërdant [plural, present, third-person], wurdun [past, plural, third-person], wërde [first-person, present, singular], wurdi [first-person, past, singular], wërdēs [present, second-person, singular], wërdēst [present, second-person, singular], wurdīs [past, second-person, singular], wurdīst [past, second-person, singular], wërde [present, singular, third-person], wurdi [past, singular, third-person], wërdēm [first-person, plural, present], wurdīm [first-person, past, plural], wurdīmēs [first-person, past, plural], wërdēt [plural, present, second-person], wurdīt [past, plural, second-person], wërdēn [plural, present, third-person], wurdīn [past, plural, third-person], wird [present, singular], wërdet [plural, present], wërdanti [present], giwordan [past], ƿerdan [alternative]
  1. to be
    Sense id: en-werdan-goh-verb-CvEgfuq9
  2. to become
    Sense id: en-werdan-goh-verb-rV000xq8
  3. to happen
    Sense id: en-werdan-goh-verb-5u2vbnWW

Inflected forms

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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "to injure",
          "word": "wierdan"
        }
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 12 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 6 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 5 5 5",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of wierdan (“to injure”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-werdan-ang-verb-CXz~PeSR",
      "links": [
        [
          "wierdan",
          "wierdan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwer.dɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwerˠ.dɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werdan"
}

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        {
          "lang": "Alemannic German",
          "lang_code": "gsw",
          "word": "wërde"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Central Franconian",
          "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
          "word": "wääde"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Central Franconian",
          "lang_code": "gmw-cfr",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Moselle Franconian",
            "but in limited use"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "word": "werden"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "lang_code": "lb",
          "word": "wäerten"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
          "lang_code": "pdc",
          "word": "waerre"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "vern",
          "word": "ווערן"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle High German",
      "lang_code": "gmh",
      "word": "werden"
    }
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      "args": {
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“turn, become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.",
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      "form": "wërdan",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goh-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ward",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ward",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdemēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdumēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīmēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdanti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giwordan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ƿerdan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "wërdan",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wërdan",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "wërdan"
      },
      "expansion": "wërdan",
      "name": "goh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wërd",
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        "3": "wurd",
        "4": "giwordan",
        "class": "3",
        "mutstem": "wird"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be"
      ],
      "id": "en-werdan-goh-verb-CvEgfuq9",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "id": "en-werdan-goh-verb-rV000xq8",
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to happen"
      ],
      "id": "en-werdan-goh-verb-5u2vbnWW",
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "werdan"
}

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    "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old High German lemmas",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German verbs",
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    "Pages with entries"
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        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwer.dɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwerˠ.dɑn]"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old High German lemmas",
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    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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          "lang_code": "pdc",
          "word": "waerre"
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        {
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    },
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      "form": "3",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ward",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wirdit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ward",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdemēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdumēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdun",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīst",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīm",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīmēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdēn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wurdīn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wird",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wërdanti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "giwordan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ƿerdan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "verb",
        "head": "wërdan",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wërdan",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "wërdan"
      },
      "expansion": "wërdan",
      "name": "goh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wërd",
        "2": "ward",
        "3": "wurd",
        "4": "giwordan",
        "class": "3",
        "mutstem": "wird"
      },
      "name": "goh-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old High German",
  "lang_code": "goh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to be"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to happen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "werdan"
}

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