orðinn

Icelandic

Adjective

orðinn (not comparable) m, orðin f, orðið n

  1. past participle of verða, become
    Pabbi minn er orðinn gamall maður.
    My dad has become an old man.
    Klukkan er orðin átta.
    The clock turned eight o'clock.

Derived terms
  • vera orðinn rekald
  • orðinn hlutur
  • nú orðið

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdanaz (“become”), past participle of *werþaną (“to become, happen”).

Participle

orðinn

  1. past participle of verða

Declension
    Strong declension of orðinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative orðinn orðin orðit
accusative orðinn orðna orðit
dative orðnum orðinni orðnu
genitive orðins orðinnar orðins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative orðnir orðnar orðin
accusative orðna orðnar orðin
dative orðnum orðnum orðnum
genitive orðinna orðinna orðinna
    Weak declension of orðinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative orðni orðna orðna
accusative orðna orðnu orðna
dative orðna orðnu orðna
genitive orðna orðnu orðna
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative orðnu orðnu orðnu
accusative orðnu orðnu orðnu
dative orðnum orðnum orðnum
genitive orðnu orðnu orðnu

Descendants

In most descendants, v- was restored by analogy with other forms of the verb.

  • Icelandic: orðinn
  • Faroese: vorðin
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: voren
  • Swedish: vorden
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