Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #77
Word (Wort)

werden

Translation (Übersetzung) to become, to get
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /ˈveːɐdən/
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Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common verb irregular auxiliary future passive
Irregular verb meaning 'to become' or 'to get'. Also used as auxiliary for future tense and passive voice. Seventy-seventh most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich werde Lehrer.
I will become a teacher.
future profession
Er wird alt.
He is getting old.
change of state
Ich werde morgen kommen.
I will come tomorrow.
future tense
Das wird gemacht.
That is being made.
passive voice

Conjugations (Konjugationen)

Present Tense (Präsens)

ich werde
du wirst
er/sie/es wird
wir werden
ihr werdet
sie/Sie werden

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
werden + Adjektiv
to become + adjective
High frequency
werden + zu
to become, to turn into
High frequency
werden + infinitive
will + verb (future tense)
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
es wird
it will be, it's going to be
Expressing future events
Synonyms (Synonyme)
bekommen Medium similarity
To get, to receive (different usage)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
bleiben
To stay, to remain (opposite change)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

bekommen bleiben wird Verb

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