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Dutch
Verb
werde
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of worden
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
werde
- inflection of werden:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle English
- weerde, weird, werd, werede, werid, wierde, wired, wird, wirde, wired, wirid, word, wyerde, wyrde
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wyrd, weord, from Proto-West Germanic *wurdi, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈweːrd(ə)/, /ˈwɛːrd(ə)/, /ˈwiːrd(ə)/
Noun
werde (plural werdes) (especially Northern, literary)
- Destiny, fate; the force that determines events:
- A predetermined or predestined event; one's destiny.
- (often in the plural) A (usually future) event or outcome.
- (Greek mythology) One of the three Fates.
- (mythology) A prediction or prophecy.
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