Werden — The Verb "To Become"

Every form of werden — werde, wirst, wird, werden, werdet, wurde, wurdest, wurden, wurdet, werdend, geworden — across Becoming, Future Tense, and Past uses, plus non-finite forms, for all nine German pronouns. Werden is the third pillar alongside sein and haben — it also builds the future tense and the passive voice.

Affirmative

Negative

Interrogative

Neg.-Interrogative

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Teil 1

Forms & Uses of Werden

Werden is the third of the "big three" German auxiliaries, alongside sein and haben. On its own it means "to become" — combined with an infinitive it builds the future tense, and combined with a past participle it builds the passive voice.

Forms of Werden

Pronoun	Present	Past
ich	werde	wurde
du	wirst	wurdest
er / sie / es	wird	wurde
wir	werden	wurden
ihr	werdet	wurdet
sie (plural)	werden	wurden
Sie (formal)	werden	wurden

Non-finite forms: werdend (present participle) · geworden (past participle). English equivalents: become / become, becomes / became / becoming / become.

Watch for this: when werden means "become," its perfect tense takes sein, not haben — Ich bin Arzt geworden ("I have become a doctor"), never Ich habe Arzt geworden. And in the passive voice, the past participle of werden drops its ge- and becomes worden — Die Tür ist geöffnet worden ("The door has been opened") — a special exception you'll only see with the passive.

Teil 2 · Present Tense

Becoming (Subject + werde/wirst/wird/werden/werdet + Nomen/Adjektiv)

All nine German pronouns, each with all four forms and the English and Bangla meanings underneath. Tap any speaker icon to hear the German sentence spoken aloud, and use the dropdown on each card to swap in a different outcome.

Teil 3 · Present Tense

Future Tense (Subject + werde/wirst/wird/werden/werdet + Infinitiv)

The same conjugation, but paired with an infinitive at the end of the sentence — this is how German builds its future tense. Use the dropdown on each card to swap the action.

Teil 4 · Past Tense

Becoming (Subject + wurde/wurdest/wurden/wurdet + Nomen/Adjektiv)

Same nine pronouns again, moved into the past. Use the dropdown on each card to swap the outcome.

Teil 5 · Non-finite Forms

Werdend & Geworden

Werdend is the present participle of werden — rare as a main verb, usually appearing in set phrases about change ("older, growing wiser") or expressed with the plain present tense instead. Geworden is the past participle, used after sein to build the perfect tense of "become."

Werdend

Geworden

Teil 6

Summary Table

Eight distinct forms of werden, side by side, each with one example sentence.

Teil 7

Translation Quiz

Read the English (and Bangla) sentence and choose its correct German translation. Draws from every form covered above — Becoming, Future Tense, Past, Werdend, and Geworden — for all nine pronouns.

Teil 8

Speaking Quiz

Read the English and Bangla sentence, press the microphone, and say the German sentence out loud. Your device checks what it heard against the correct German answer.

Lesson 3: Werden — The Verb "To Become"

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