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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "werden" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "werden" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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I’m just getting into this topic, so i might be wrong. but that example:
shouldn’t it be “Das wird schon sein”?? because “Das wird schon” is supposed to mean “it is turning alright” , oder?
The expression is “Das wird schon.”
Literally, it’s like “It’ll become” with a “good” implied.
I noticed ward and wardst given as an options for präteritum in Duden. Not sure I’ve ever encountered this elsewhere. Is it an old spelling or something ?
Old forms, rather than old spelling.
You can find it in old fairy-tale style writing, for sure.
The me personally, I always thought of this as a form of “war” not “werden”. But the result is the same in this example.
“wardst” would definitely raise an eyebrow if I were to see that anywhere.
The me personally, I always thought of this as a form of “war” not “werden”. But the result is the same in this example. Yes, I can see how you might think this. This is an interesting overlap somehow…
These things are interesting! I probably read it as a kid many times and my brain just filed it under “war” and I never got to a point where I’d have to rethink that.
For years, probably until I was 13 or 14, I thought “beunruhigt” was a special word consiting of “beun” and “ruhig” and I read “boinruhigt” in my head. As if “beun” was a special, poetic prefix.
I was quite disappointed when it dawned on me that it’s “just” be+un+ruhig
I did have to go and check up the etymology of werden up just to be sure there wasn’t some weird connection between ward and war, cus that would make total sense.
I’m sure i had similar experiences but i can’t think of any exactly like that off the top of my head…
I know that for a while (probably aged 6 or 7 or something) I was reading the word “stomach”
and made no connection to the word “stomach” I’d heard many times. But thats english spelling for you.
I’m sure you know this already right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti