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Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German warden, from Old Saxon werðan, from Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.
Verb
warrn (third-person singular simple present warrt, past tense wurr or worr, past participle worrn, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (copulative) to become
Ik wull alltiet Lehrer warrn.- I always wanted to become a teacher.
- (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the imperfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
Se warrt reddt.- They are being saved.
Dat Huus worr mahlt.- The house was being painted.
Dat Huus will mahlt warrn.- The house will be painted. / The wall is going to be painted.
- (intransitive) to become; to get; to grow; to turn to be
Dat warrt hitter.- It's getting hotter.
Usage notes
The perfect tense passive is formed using wesen.
The subjunctive is formed by using the old subjunctive II form würr along with the infinitive. The subjunctive can also be made with schull or wull from the verbs schölen and wüllen.
Conjugation
Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.