Meaning of vorde | Babel Free
vɔrdəDefinitions
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to become, get (go from one state into another, with a predicative) copulative
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to be (used with the past participle to form the passive voice) archaic, auxiliary
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to come into being archaic, intransitive
Examples
“1837, N.F.S. Grundtvig, Sang-Værk til den Danske Kirke (= Den danske Salmebog, no. 104) / https://kalliope.org/da/text/grundtvig1837a12”
Then we will become angels like them.
“Som en Fader vorder vred | paa Døttre og paa Sønner ...”
Like a father gets angry at his daughters and his sons ...
“Helliget vorde dit Navn (in the 1992 translation: Helliget blive dit navn)”
Hallowed be thy name.
“Naar nu en af dem bruger Udtryk som "der er" eller "der er vordet" eller "der vorder" mange eller eet eller to Principper ...”
When some of them use phrases such as many or one or two principles "exist" or "have come into being" or "are coming into being" ...
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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