warrn

Low German

Etymology

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

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.

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.