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An example use of wurde in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:
“… das ist so klein wurde mit nur 30 gästen …”
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the word wurde occurs in german on average 1223.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.