Werden

Noun

 * 1) ; becoming coming into being
 * 2) * 8 June 1884,, "Pandora" [Part 2] in The New York Sun
 * "de"

- Washington had become the fashion, and possessed the great advantage of being a new resource in conversation. ...[I]n the light of these considerations the American capital took on the semblance of a monstrous, mystical Werden.

Etymology
From.