warrn

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German werden, from Old Saxon werðan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną.

Verb

warrn (third-person singular simple present warrt, past tense wurr or worr, past participle worrn, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (copulative) to become
    Ik wull alltiet Lehrer warrn.
    I always wanted to become a teacher.
  2. (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.
  3. (intransitive) to become; to get; to grow; to turn to be
    Dat warrt hitter.
    It's getting hotter.

Conjugation
Conjugation of warrn (strong class 3 verb)
infinitive warrn
indicative present preterite
1st person singular warr wurr, worr
2nd person singular warrst wurrst, worrst
3rd person singular warrt wurr, worr
plural warrt wurrn, worrn
imperative present —
singular warr
plural warrt
participle present past
warrn worrn
Note: This conjugation is one of many; neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

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.

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