/vɔrdə/, [ˈʋɒːd̥ə]
OriginFrom Old Danish warthæ, from Old Norse verða, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become, happen”), cognate with obsolete English worth, Faroese verða, Icelandic verða, Norwegian Nynorsk verta, Swedish varda, German werden, Dutch worden.
- copulativeto become, get (go from one state into another, with a predicative)
“1837, N.F.S. Grundtvig, Sang-Værk til den Danske Kirke (= Den danske Salmebog, no. 104) / https://kalliope.org/da/text/grundtvig1837a12” — Then we will become angels like them.
“Som en Fader vorder vred | paa Døttre og paa Sønner ...” — Like a father gets angry at his daughters and his sons ...
- archaic, auxiliaryto be (used with the past participle to form the passive voice)
“Helliget vorde dit Navn (in the 1992 translation: Helliget blive dit navn)” — Hallowed be thy name.
- archaic, intransitiveto come into being
“Naar nu en af dem bruger Udtryk som "der er" eller "der er vordet" eller "der vorder" mange eller eet eller to Principper ...” — When some of them use phrases such as many or one or two principles "exist" or "have come into being" or "are coming into being" ...
Formsvordede(past) · vordet(participle, past) · vorder(active, present) · -(passive, present) · vordede(active, past) · -(passive, past) · vorde(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · vord(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · vordende(participle, present) · auxiliary verb være(participle, past) · vorden(gerund, participle)
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