"werden" meaning in Middle Dutch

See werden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwerdən/
Etymology: From Old Dutch werthan, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|dum|odt|werthan}} Old Dutch werthan, {{inh|dum|gmw-pro|*werþan}} Proto-West Germanic *werþan, {{inh|dum|gem-pro|*werþaną}} Proto-Germanic *werþaną Head templates: {{head|dum|verb|cat2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} werden, {{dum-verb}} werden Inflection templates: {{dum-conj-st|werd|ward|word|geworden|class=3}} Forms: strong [table-tags], werden [error-unrecognized-form, infinitive], werdens [genitive, infinitive], werdene [dative, infinitive], werde [first-person, indicative, present, singular], wart [first-person, indicative, past, singular], werde [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], worde [first-person, past, singular, subjunctive], werts [indicative, present, second-person, singular], werdes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], worts [indicative, past, second-person, singular], wordes [indicative, past, second-person, singular], werts [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], werdes [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], wordes [past, second-person, singular, subjunctive], wert [indicative, present, singular, third-person], werdet [indicative, present, singular, third-person], wart [indicative, past, singular, third-person], werde [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], worde [past, singular, subjunctive, third-person], werden [first-person, indicative, plural, present], worden [first-person, indicative, past, plural], werden [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], worden [first-person, past, plural, subjunctive], wert [indicative, plural, present, second-person], werdet [indicative, plural, present, second-person], wort [indicative, past, plural, second-person], wordet [indicative, past, plural, second-person], wert [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], werdet [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], wordet [past, plural, second-person, subjunctive], werden [indicative, plural, present, third-person], worden [indicative, past, plural, third-person], werden [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], worden [past, plural, subjunctive, third-person], wert [imperative, indicative, present, singular], werde [imperative, indicative, present, singular], wert [imperative, indicative, plural, present], werdet [imperative, indicative, plural, present], werdende [imperative, participle, present], geworden [imperative, participle, past], worden [alternative]
  1. to become
    Sense id: en-werden-dum-verb-rV000xq8 Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 35
  2. to happen, to occur
    Sense id: en-werden-dum-verb-l3g4LRJA Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 35
  3. to arise, to form
    Sense id: en-werden-dum-verb-gHX8qwmY Categories (other): Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 34 31 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: verwerden
Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 7 7 7 9 9 6 7 8 6 6 5 7 6 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 7 9 9 6 7 8 6 6 5 7 6 9

Inflected forms

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      "_dis": "7 7 7 9 9 6 7 8 6 6 5 7 6 9",
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "_dis": "7 7 7 9 9 6 7 8 6 6 5 7 6 9",
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Pages with entries",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        },
        {
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          "lang_code": "dcr",
          "word": "word"
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        {
          "lang": "Petjo",
          "lang_code": "pey",
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        {
          "lang": "Papiamentu",
          "lang_code": "pap",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
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        }
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      "lang_code": "nl",
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      "lang_code": "li",
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    }
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "werden",
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    {
      "form": "werdens",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "infinitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werdene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "subjunctive"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
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    },
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet",
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        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wort",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wordet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wert",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wert",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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    },
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdende",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geworden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "verb",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "werden",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "werden",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "werd",
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        "class": "3"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 31 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "to arise, to form"
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        [
          "arise",
          "arise"
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        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwerdən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werden"
}

{
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    "Middle Dutch class 3 strong verbs",
    "Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle Dutch lemmas",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Middle Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Middle Dutch verbs",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "verwerden"
    }
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          "lang_code": "af",
          "word": "word"
        },
        {
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        {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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    {
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wordes",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wort",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wordet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wert",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wordet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werden",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wert",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werde",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wert",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdet",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werdende",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geworden",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "worden",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "verb",
        "cat2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "werden",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "werden",
      "name": "dum-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "werd",
        "2": "ward",
        "3": "word",
        "4": "geworden",
        "class": "3"
      },
      "name": "dum-conj-st"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Dutch",
  "lang_code": "dum",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to become"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to happen, to occur"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "occur",
          "occur"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to arise, to form"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arise",
          "arise"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwerdən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werden"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: werden/Middle Dutch 'base form' base_tags={'infinitive', 'strong'}",
  "path": [
    "werden"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Dutch",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "werden",
  "trace": ""
}

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