Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #27
Word (Wort)

wird

Translation (Übersetzung) will, becomes
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /vɪrt/
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Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common verb present future passive werden
Third person singular present tense of 'werden' (to become/will). Used for future tense and passive voice. Twenty-seventh most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Er wird Lehrer.
He becomes a teacher.
main verb (become)
Er wird morgen kommen.
He will come tomorrow.
future tense
Das wird gemacht.
That is being done.
passive voice
Es wird kalt.
It is getting cold.
becoming

Conjugations (Konjugationen)

Present Tense (Präsens)

er/sie/es wird

Word Family (Wortfamilie)

Grundform
werden
Translation: to become, will

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
wird sein
will be
High frequency
wird gemacht
is being done, will be done
High frequency
wird zu
becomes
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
es wird Zeit
it's about time
Expressing that something should happen now

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

werden wurde sein Verb

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