#002: wurde vs. würde
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#002: wurde vs. würde

C2ProficientOctober 12, 202314 min
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" wurde " vs. " würde ": keeping these two words apart can be tricky when you learn German as these two words sound and look so similar! Both of them are forms of the verb " werden ". However: the difference between wurde and würde is not just about using the correct tense. If you use wurde instead of würde (or the other way rou...

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Wurde versus Würde. These two words, Wurde and Würde, sound and look quite similar. And I often hear these two getting mixed up when I'm doing conversation lessons with my students. Of course making mistakes and getting words mixed up is part of the learning process.

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But if we'd like to have a smooth conversation, then it's good to know some Stolpersteine, Stumpling-Blocks, because then you can avoid them. So, the difference between Wurde and Würde is not just about pronouncing or not pronouncing the two tiny dots of the Umlaut and we'll find out all about these two words in this

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episode. Hallo und willkommen, hello and welcome to the Uplevel Your German Podcast. Ich bin Charlotte, I'm Charlotte, founder of the Language School Schalingua and host of this show. My mission is to make your language learning journey as easy as possible.

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