Meaning of "werden" in this context

Question

In Der Pfennig by Hans Eckart, I've found the following sentence:

Nach Jahren wurde er durch Fleiß und Eifer endlich Vorarbeiter.

If my understanding of the text is correct, this should mean: After years of diligence and eagerness, he finally became a foreman. [Textually, through diligence and eagerness].

That would mean that what we have here is the construction werden + noun, which translates into English as to become something.

Am I correct in my grammatical assumptions?

Answer 1

Almost.

"Werden" indeed translates to "become" here; your translation is entirely correct.

But I believe you meant to write werden + noun instead of werden + adjective. "Vorarbeiter"/"foreman" is a noun.

The construction with an adjective is also common, though:

Er wird alt.

Du bist groß geworden.

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