{"id":2436,"date":"2018-07-18T18:30:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/?p=2436"},"modified":"2018-11-20T18:42:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T18:42:46","slug":"german-verb-werden-conjugation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/german-verb-werden-conjugation\/","title":{"rendered":"Werden Conjugation: Making Sense of the German Verb Werden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/photo-1495435798646-a289417ece44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/photo-1495435798646-a289417ece44.jpg 2250w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/photo-1495435798646-a289417ece44-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/photo-1495435798646-a289417ece44-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/photo-1495435798646-a289417ece44-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today we are going to talk about the conjugation and use of one of the most important (and irregular) German verbs, namely <strong>werden<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We all have plans, we all want to make some changes and often need to tell others what is going to happen or what happened in the past. If you want to speak German, you&#8217;ll probably find it difficult to go about your daily life without using the verb\u00a0<em>werden<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s true that the conjugation of <em>werden<\/em> is quite complex, with decent examples and some practice you&#8217;ll get the hang of it soon enough!<\/p>\n<p>To make it easier for you, we&#8217;ll need to differentiate between the <strong>auxiliary verb werden<\/strong> and the <strong>full verb werden<\/strong>. If you need to refresh your memory, the difference between auxiliary and full verbs in German can be boiled down to two bullet points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auxiliary verbs are combined with <strong>full verbs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Full verbs can be combined with <strong>adjectives<\/strong> or <strong>nouns<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As an auxiliary verb,\u00a0<em>werden<\/em> can \u201chelp\u201d other verbs express hypotheticals and events in the future, as well as form the passive.<\/p>\n<p>When used as a full verb,\u00a0<em>werden<\/em>\u00a0means \u201cto become\u201d or \u201cto turn into\u201d. Coupled with an adjective or a noun, it can\u00a0describe plans, changes, intentions, and conditions.<\/p>\n<p>So let\u2018s get started!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1. German\u00a0<em>Werden<\/em> as an Auxiliary Verb<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>auxiliary verb werden<\/strong> works just like other auxiliary verbs such as \u201chaben\u201d (to have) and \u201csein\u201d (to be). It is combined with a full verb and is used to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>express things that will happen in the future<\/li>\n<li>form passive structures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get a better idea of how it works, let&#8217;s look at the conjugation tables as well as a few examples for each tense of the auxiliary verb <em>werden<\/em><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Present Tense (Pr\u00e4sens) <em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Despite its name, the German <strong>present tense<\/strong> can describe things that will happen in the future. So even though some of the examples with the verb\u00a0<em>werden<\/em> might seem to refer to the present, they actually express what lies ahead of us.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>werde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>w<strong>i<\/strong>rst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>w<strong>i<\/strong>rd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>werdet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Plans<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>N\u00e4chstes Jahr <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werde<\/strong><\/span> ich zur Uni <strong>gehen<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>Next year I will go to college.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Intentions<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sie <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wird <\/strong><\/span>ihn nicht <strong>ansprechen<\/strong><em>.<br \/>\nShe will not talk to him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Goals<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Du <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wirst<\/strong><\/span> <strong>gewinnen<\/strong>!<br \/>\n<em>You are going to win!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The examples above only contain a single clause, in which <em>werden<\/em> precedes the full verb (<em>gehen<\/em>, <em>ansprechen<\/em>,\u00a0<em>gewinnen<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Unlike in English, the sentence structure will change once we create a complex sentence that contains a <strong>main clause<\/strong> and a <strong>subordinate clause<\/strong> (which can be combined with <em>dass <\/em>or\u00a0<em>so dass<\/em>). In this case, the order of the two verbs shifts and <strong>werden goes after the full verb<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Ich strenge mich an, so dass ich n\u00e4chste Jahr auf die Uni <strong>gehen<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werde<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m working hard to go to college next year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sie ist so sch\u00fcchtern, dass sie ihn nicht <strong>ansprechen<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wird<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>She is so shy that she won&#8217;t talk to him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Du bist so gut, dass du <strong>gewinnen<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wirst<\/strong><\/span>!<br \/>\n<em>You are so good, therefore you are going to win!<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Simple Past Tense (Pr\u00e4teritum)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>simple past<\/strong> or Pr\u00e4teritum is used to form the passive with the verb <em>werden<\/em>. Passive structures let us express what happened to us or somebody\/something else. When we combine <em>werden<\/em> with a full verb to form the passive, the full verb will always appear in the present perfect.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>wurde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>wurdest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>wurde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>wurden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>wurdet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>wurden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Er <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wurde <\/strong><\/span>st\u00e4ndig beim Mittagessen <strong>gest\u00f6rt<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>He always got interrupted during lunch.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sie <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wurde <\/strong><\/span>von Ihrem Freund <strong>sitzen gelassen<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>She got dumped by her boyfriend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Die Katze <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wurde<\/strong><\/span> von dem Hund <strong>gejagt<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>The cat got chased by the dog.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Once we start forming complex sentences, we see the same change of sentence structure as in the present tense:\u00a0instead of preceding it,\u00a0<strong>werde<\/strong><strong>n follows the full verb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Er waren so viele Leute im B\u00fcro, dass er st\u00e4ndig beim Mittagessen <strong>gest\u00f6rt<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wurde<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>There were so many people at the office that he always got interrupted during lunch.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sie flirtete immer mit anderen, so dass sie von Ihrem Freund <em>sitzen <\/em><strong>gelassen<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wurde<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>She always flirted with other guys, therefore she got dumped by her boyfriend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Die Katze stahl den Knochen, so dass sie von dem Hund <strong>gejagt<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wurde<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>The cat stole the bone, therefore it got chased by the dog.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Conjunctive (Konjunktiv I)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If we want to <strong>express wishes, possibilities, conditions or unreal situations<\/strong>, the auxiliary verb\u00a0<em>werden<\/em> takes the conjunctive form. Here, it effectively translates to \u201cwould\u201d in English.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>w\u00fcrde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>w\u00fcrdest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>w\u00fcrde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>w\u00fcrden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>w\u00fcrdet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>w\u00fcrden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Wishes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ich <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrde<\/strong><\/span> gerne eine Kreuzfahrt<strong> machen<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>I would like to go on a cruise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sie <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrde<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0gerne einen Abend mit Katie Perry <strong>verbringen<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>She would love to spend an evening with Katie Perry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Possibility<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>H\u00e4tten wir genug Geld, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrden<\/strong><\/span> wir uns das Haus <strong>kaufen<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>If we had enough money, we would buy the house.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ginge unser Auto kaputt, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrden<\/strong><\/span> wir das Flugzeug <strong>nehmen<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>If our car broke, we would take the plane.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Emotion<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Es <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrde<\/strong><\/span> mich sehr traurig <strong>machen<\/strong>, wenn du gingst.<br \/>\n<em>It would make me really sad if you left.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Es <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrde<\/strong><\/span> mich freuen, wenn alle zu meiner Feier <strong>k\u00e4men<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>I would be happy if everybody came to my birthday party.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Judgement<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Einen solchen kurzen Rock <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrde<\/strong><\/span> sie niemals <strong>anziehen<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>She would never wear such a short skirt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sie <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrde<\/strong><\/span> ihre Kinder nie alleine zu Hause\u00a0<strong>lassen<\/strong><em>.<br \/>\nShe would never leave her kids alone at home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Opinion<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ich <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrde <\/strong><\/span>den Tiger nicht <strong>f\u00fcttern<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>I would not feed the tiger.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sie <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrden <\/strong><\/span>das Geld nicht in den Aktienfond <strong>investieren<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>They would not invest in this fund.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Action<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>H\u00e4tte der Elefant Fl\u00fcgel, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrde<\/strong><\/span> er <strong>fliegen<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>If the elephant had wings, it would fly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>H\u00e4ttet ihr den F\u00fchrerschein, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>w\u00fcrdet<\/strong><\/span> ihr jetzt <strong>fahren<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>If you had your driver&#8217;s license, you would drive now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many sentences above involving conditional structures can be translated with an if-clause <em>(if<\/em> &#8230;,\u00a0<em>then<\/em>&#8230;)<em>.<\/em> This is especially common when talking about possiblities, emotions, and actions.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. German <em>Werden<\/em> as a Full Verb<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On top of the auxiliary verb, we also have the <strong>full verb werden<\/strong> which appears in combination with an <strong>adjective<\/strong> or a <strong>noun<\/strong>. In English, we usually say \u201cto become sth\u201d or \u201cto turn into sth\u201d to express the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the tense, the full verb <em>werden<\/em> is used to talk about changes, plans, intentions and emotions.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Present Tense (Pr\u00e4sens)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Just like the auxiliary\u00a0<em>werden<\/em>, the full verb\u00a0<em>werden<\/em> in the present tense can be used both to talk about the present and the future.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>werde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>w<strong>i<\/strong>rst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>w<strong>i<\/strong>rd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>werdet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Plans\/Intentions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wenn ich gro\u00df bin, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werde<\/strong><\/span> ich <strong>Feuerwehrmann<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>When I grow up, I&#8217;m going to be a fireman.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Changes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes of condition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maria <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wird<\/strong><\/span> immer <strong>rot<\/strong>, wenn sie an ihren Liebsten denkt.<br \/>\n<em>Maria always blushes when thinking of her sweetheart.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes in life:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Markus <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wird <\/strong><\/span>heute <strong>arbeitslos<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>Starting today, Markus will be unemployed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Emotions<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vor jeder Pr\u00fcfung <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wird <\/strong><\/span>sie sehr <strong>aufgeregt<\/strong><em>.<br \/>\nShe gets excited before each exam.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Simple Past Tense (Pr\u00e4teritum)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>wurde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>wurdest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>wurde<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>wurden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>wurdet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>wurden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Changes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes of condition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Der Himmel <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wurde<\/strong><\/span> <strong>dunkel<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>The sky became dark.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes in life:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>John<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong> wurde <\/strong><\/span><strong>Vater<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>John became a father.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Emotions<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Er <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wurde<\/strong><\/span> <strong>w\u00fctend<\/strong><em>,<\/em> als sie sein Angebote ablehnte.<br \/>\n<em>He got angry when she rejected his offer.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Perfect Tense (Perfekt)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>bin geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>bist geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>ist geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>sind geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>seit geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>sind geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Realization of plans\/intentions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Als ich gro\u00df war, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>bin<\/strong><\/span> ich <strong><em>Feuerwehrmann<\/em><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>geworden<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>When I grew up, I became a fireman.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Changes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes of condition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Der Teig <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>ist <\/strong><\/span>nach dem Backen ganz sch\u00f6n <strong>gro\u00df<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>geworden<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>The dough grew really big after baking.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes in life:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Die Nachbarn <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>sind<\/strong><\/span> heute <strong>Million\u00e4re<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>geworden<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>The neighbors became millionaires today.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Future Tense (Futur I)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>werde werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>w<strong>i<\/strong>rst werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>w<strong>i<\/strong>rd werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>werden werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>werdet werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>werden werden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Plans\/intentions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eines Tages <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werde<\/strong><\/span> ich der <strong>Pr\u00e4sent<\/strong> der Welt <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werden<\/strong><\/span>!<br \/>\n<em>One day I will become the president of the world!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Changes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes of condition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dieser Baum <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wird<\/strong><\/span> ganz sch\u00f6n <strong>gro\u00df<\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">werden<\/span><\/strong>.<br \/>\n<em>This tree will grow very big.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes in life:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ihr <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werdet<\/strong><\/span> noch <strong>Weltmeister <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werden<\/strong><\/span>!<br \/>\n<em>You will be world champions!<\/em><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Sentences in this tense each use two forms of \u201cwerden\u201d, which might seem a bit confusing. The important thing to remember is that <strong>the first one is the auxiliary verb werden<\/strong> (will\/be going to), which expresses the future tense, while <strong>the second is the full verb werden<\/strong> (to become).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>Future Perfect Tense (Futur II)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I like to think of this tense as <strong>expressing the past in the future<\/strong>. When we use <em>werden<\/em> in the future perfect tense, we imagine that we&#8217;re already in the future and we&#8217;re looking back at what happened at a certain point in time in the past.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>werde geworden sein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>w<strong>i<\/strong>rst geworden sein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>w<strong>i<\/strong>rd geworden sein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>werden geworden sein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>werdet geworden sein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>werden geworden sein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Plans\/intentions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wenn du mit deinem Studium anf\u00e4ngst, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werde<\/strong><\/span> ich schon damit <strong>fertig<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>geworden sein<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>By the time you will have begun your studies, I will have finished them already.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Changes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes of condition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 100 Jahren <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>wird <\/strong><\/span>der Mammutbaum schon ganz sch\u00f6n <strong>gro\u00df<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>geworden sein<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>100 years from now, the giant sequoia will have become gigantic.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes in life:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 20 Jahren <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werde <\/strong><\/span>ich sicher auf schon <strong>Oma <\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>geworden sein<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>In about 20 years I will surely have become a grandma, too.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Pluperfect Tense (Plusquamperfect)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This tense is used to talk about <strong>events<\/strong> <strong>that happened in the past before a certain past incident<\/strong>. The Pluperfect of <em>werden<\/em> usually described changes and progress.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>war geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>warst geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>war geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>waren geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>wart geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>waren geworden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Changes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes of condition \/ progress:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Nachdem er Nachhilfestunden genommen hatte, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>war <\/strong><\/span>er richtig <strong>gut<\/strong> in Mathe <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>geworden<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>After taking private lessons, he had become really good at mathematics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Changes in life:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Vor einem Jahr <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>war <\/strong><\/span>die Kandidatin <strong>Bundeskanzlerin<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>geworden<\/strong><\/span>.<br \/>\n<em>One year ago, the candidate became the chancellor.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Imperative Mood (Imperativ)\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>Werden<\/em> Conjugation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The purpose of this tense is to <strong>express demands and orders<\/strong>. It has only 2<sup>nd<\/sup> person singular and plural forms since these are the only grammatical persons we can issue orders to.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Ich<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Du<\/td>\n<td>werde\/werd <em>(colloquial)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Er\/Sie\/Es<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wir<\/td>\n<td>\u2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ihr<\/td>\n<td>werdet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sie<\/td>\n<td>werdet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Examples<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sie <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>werden<\/strong><\/span> jetzt doch nicht\u00a0<strong>rot<\/strong><em>!<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t you blush now!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Werd<\/strong><\/span> <strong>erwachsen<\/strong>!<br \/>\n<em>Grow up!<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Challenge yourself with Clozemaster<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Test your skills and see what you&#8217;ve learned from this article by playing a selection of sentences with the German verb <em>werden<\/em>\u00a0as an auxiliary verb and a full verb:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 2px solid green;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/embedded\/languages\/deu-eng\/collections\/7efd4b3b-65bf-4981-a67d-e494d1271cdb\/play?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;skill=vocabulary&amp;sentences_per_round=10&amp;mode=multiple-choice\" width=\"100%\" height=\"640\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/languages\/learn-german-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here<\/a> to save your progress and start getting fluent with thousands of German sentences at Clozemaster.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clozemaster\u00a0<\/strong>has been designed to help you learn the language in context by filling in the gaps in authentic sentences. 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