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Confusing werden as Vollverb with werden as Hilfsverb in Vorgangspassiv as a learner?

Could there be a chance to confuse werden for being used for building the werden-passive when in fact used as a Vollverb with a past participle, especially when/if i may not understand the text/...
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Is this passive sentence grammatically correct?

Heute wird man unter 200 PS gar nicht mehr ernst genommen. The above sentence is written in passive voice (wird genommen) but there is the word (man) here without either (von) or (durch). Shouldn't it ...
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Verletzen with sein oder haben

When I look into a dictionary I see verletzen with haben coming in present and in perfekt but i see in book. Er ist am Knie und am Bein verletzt. Regards
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Eine leichte Erkennungsregel für Transitivität eines Verbs

Grüße, mit meiner Sprachpartnerin habe ich heute ein schwieriges Problem entdeckt. Intransitive Verben könnne nicht im Passiv stehen. Quelle: https://www.thoughtco.com/transitive-and-intransitive-...
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Warum müssen transitive Verben im Passiv nicht ergänzt werden?

Ein transitives Verb im Aktiv muss ergänzt werden, sonst ist der Satz ungrammatikalisch, z.B. ist "er schlug" grammatikalisch falsch. "Er schlug jemanden" oder "er schlug um ...
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Why can one not form passive with “wissen/kennen”?

Basically the title — the grammar book I’m looking at says one can’t form the passive with wissen or kennen, among other verbs. So Er wird von keinem gekannt. Das wird nicht bewusst. wouldn’t work? ...
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"Der Salat wird gemacht" oder "ist gemacht"

I want to translate the following sentence: The healthiest salad is made without any oil. Would that correspond to : "Der gesündeste Salat ist ohne Öl gemacht" or "Der gesündeste Salat ...
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When is it stylistically appropriate to use the Passive Voice in German?

I have been told that using the passive voice is generally considered bad style in German, possibly even more so than in English. Because of this, when I find English phrases in the passive voice in ...
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What is the correct grammar for this passive construction? [duplicate]

Attempting to translate, "I should have been told about it," I said: Ich hätte darüber erzählt worden sein sollen but was corrected by a native German speaker with: Mir hätte darüber ...
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Determining tense of werden when converting a sentence into passive

Convert the sentence into passive: Unsere ersten Produkte gerieten zu schnell in Vergessenheit My answer: Unsere ersten Produkte werden zu schnell vergessen. Actual answer: Unsere ersten Produkte ...
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Zustandspassiv mit verabreden

I came across with the following usage example of verabreden ich bin heute schon verabredet (1) Dictionaries say that verabreden has the following meanings: etw. verabreden - make an agreement on ...
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"Der Brief ist erfolgreich an den Empfänger übergeben worden"-why not "übergegeben" [duplicate]

Here is a sentence taken from the Linguee dictionary: Der Brief ist erfolgreich an den Empfänger übergeben worden My question is why is it "übergeben" and not "übergegeben"?
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"Er glücklich war, eingeladen gewesen zu sein." Is this correct?

I'm currently acquainting myself with the topic of Passiv and have a question regarding the use of Perfekt with Zustandspassiv as part of an Infinitiv Nebensatz. I'm aware that one may write this with ...
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Use of "zu+infinitive" in passive voice

Here is a sentence: Abschließend freue ich mich auf die Party und bin sehr glücklich, eingeladen zu sein. Is it possible to use the infinitive Nebensatz with passive here? Or should one instead opt ...
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Constructing passive voice with " wollen "

The formula for making passive voice with all modals are the same as follows: modal + past participle + werden Examples: Dem alten Mann muss geholfen werden. Kann das Radio nicht repariert werden? ...
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Verb conjugation after personal pronouns in passive voice (uns, mir, dir, ..........)

The following active sentence: Der Dieb droht uns mit einer Pistole. is converted to passive as follows: Uns wird vom Dieb mit einer Pistole gedroht. The question is: How should we know which ...
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Der Artikel wird von ihm gelesen. (Passive voice object)

Is Artikel the object in the following passive sentence? Der Artikel wird von ihm gelesen. (The letter is read (is being read) by him). What is being read? Der Artikel. So, it is the object but why is ...
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Passivumschreibungen

Bezüglich des Satzes "Diese Theorie kann bewiesen werden" bin ich mir folgender Umschreibungen bewusst: Diese Theorie lässt sich beweisen. (Das Wort "sich" scheint hier im ...
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wird vs ist with wie

The word "wird" is meaning on-going action in passive voice. This is the statement I have learnt and I saw the same thing written in the forums. However, I came across this sentence in a ...
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Ist der Satz "Geraucht werden darf." korrekt?

Da das Deutsche nicht verlangt, dass die Subjektposition mit einem Expletivum sichtbar gemacht werden muss - Bedeutet das, dass ich sowohl Es darf geraucht werden als auch Geraucht werden darf sagen ...
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Do movement rules apply when forming a passive-voice sentence?

I learned today in class that I can create a passive-voice sentence like this: Das Zimmer muss gestrichen werden. That makes sense. But now I'm second guessing myself about this sentence: Der Zug muss ...
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Does "Eine Sprache lässt sich sprechen" make sense?

"sich lassen" + Infinitiv is one of the alternatives to Modales Passiv. We can say Das Problem wird gelöst. Das Problem kann gelöst werden. Das Problem ist lösbar. Das Problem lässt sich ...
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When I have to use the verb Sein instead of the verb Werden (passive voice)? [duplicate]

Why this is correct? Er war überrascht. And this is not correct: Er wurde überrascht.
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Why is the Passive voice of "einladen" used with "sein" and not werden?

Today, I saw a sentence as follows: "Ein Mann und seine Frau sind bei Freunden zum Essen eingeladen". I thought that instead, the sentence should have been: "Ein Mann und seine Frau ...
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Passive voice vs predicate adjective [duplicate]

Is there a difference in meaning between Das Haus wurde zerstört and Das Haus war zerstört I can't make the distinction.
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Why is there no future-1 vs future-2 distinction in the future passive?

I know of two passive construction for future: Repeat werden + present tense of verb Present tense passive + indication of time And I also know two future constructions, future-1, future-2. Why is ...
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How does one construct the German active voice?

Okay, perhaps a stupid question but every guide I look on the internet only tells how to construct the passive voice. The impression I get is that passive is the exception and active is the norm. Am I ...
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Does active/passive voice distinction exist in imperative and subjunctive?

So, to my understanding a verb has three properties: Mood Tense Voice I know so far that certain moods have certain tenses but can moods have different voices? I mean, does the active vs passive ...
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Does the passive of liefern require mit?

Considering this sentence: Sie hatten sie die alten Zahnräder geliefert. Since "mit" is not required in the active sentence, is it required or not in the passive? I find many sentences in ...
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Sind Passivkonstruktionen in denen das Subjekt nicht vollständig realisiert wurde grammatikalisch richtig?

In einem Interview habe ich sehr häufig Aussagen erhalten, in denen das Subjekt nicht vollständig realisiert wurde. Gezeigt wurden transitive Ereignisse, auf die die Probanden mit Passivkonstruktionen ...
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Passive sentence - sein or werden?

Which verb (werden or sein) should go at the end of this passive sentence? "Will der Kunde die Ware nicht behalten, muss er ein Formular ausfüllen, das ihm vom Händler zur Verfügung gestellt _(...
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Was "werden" dropped at the end of these passive constructions?

Please consider the following sentences: Das vorsätzliche Fahren ohne gültigen Fahrschein ist Betrug und wird bestraft. Zeitungsdiebstahl ist strafbar und wird angezeigt. My question is: Don't "...
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Zusstandpassiv vs perfekt tense

Consider this sentence, Die Waffe muss mir aus der Tasche gefallen sein. I concluded that it is in the following tense the sein-passive present perfect voice with modal verb. User @Rha had commented ...
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Passiv das ein substantiviertes Verb bestimmt

So I'm contemplating the sentence Große Preissteigerungen sind nicht zu befürchten. Obwohl das Passiv das Agens verschleiert, verstehe ich diesen Satz eindeutig wie den folgenden: Große ...
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Function of a past participle in a German sentence

Note for understanding of existing answers The title of this question read formerly: Etymology of past participle functioning as noun. I am reading a German mathematics handout. In it, the following ...
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Die Lampe ist repariert vs Die Lampe wurde repariert [duplicate]

Was ist der Unterschied zwischen diese zwei Sätze? Ihr könnt extra Beispiele bilden.
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Passive voice with unexpected plural subject

Here are two sentences about drinks in Hesse: In Hessen trinkt man Apfelsaft und Apfelwein. In Hessen kann man Apfelsaft und Apfelwein trinken. My textbook Grammatik aktiv A1-B1 puts these into the ...
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how to interpret "Vorgang" and "wie folgt"?

Mann kann den Vorgang wie folgt darstellen. This is the result of google translation. The process can be represented as follows. (A) Is this correct? To me the German sentense sounds like The ...
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Du wirst eliminiert > You will eliminate? Is this a mistake? [closed]

As far as I know, subject + werden + participle is the template for passive voice. So, I put "Du wirst eliminiert" in Google Translate and it suggests "You will eliminate". If I ...
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How to know which conjugation wird, when used for different examples that coincide with ist?

I am combining my previous posts to this question. My comments were not notified with right tags to the people who answered my questions, so I deleted comments and I am creating new question here. ...
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intransitive verb in passive?

Die Polizei sagt, es wird von einer organisierten Bande ausgegangen. How come in this sentence the verb "ausgehen" is in the passive voice? I thought the passive voice was only with verbs ...
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Meaning of "Es bestehen keine Vorerkrankungen"

I understand in the sentence "Es bestehen keine Vorerkrankungen." the "Es" is used in passive - the so called "passives Es". Yet I never really understood it. In my lay-...
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Mir wurde gesagt passiv für man hat mir gesagt

Mir dämmern Bedenken : ist es korrekt zu sagen "Mir wurde gesagt, dass" wenn der, der sagt, nicht definiert ist, statt "Man hat mir gesagt, dass" Ist es korrekt und schön ...
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"Anweisen" with "sich lassen"

Can you please help me with translate this sentence? Er ließ sich vom Kellner einen Tisch anweisen. Is any of the following translations accurate? He had a waiter show him his table. He had a ...
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Passive voice with two objects [duplicate]

I have read a few grammar articles about german passive voice, but none of them mentions a special case in which there are two objects. Active: I gebe dir einen Stift. Passive: Ein Stift wird dir ...
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Does "wird geliefert" have 2 meanings: future simple and present continuous passive voice?

On a food delivery service I see such a message: Deine Bestellung von PIZZA_COMPANY wird ungefähr um 11:30 geliefert. Obviously, it means (future simple): Your order from PIZZA_COMPANY will be ...
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The Passive Voice

I have stumbled upon this sentence: Etwa zwei Kilometer überm Boden wird der Fallschirm abgeworfen und Landetriebwerke zünden. I am not learning German for that long and so I got a little confused ...
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Constructing Past Participle clauses?

In English, we have: Perfect participle clause Example: Having washed her hair, Susi picked up the blow dryer and scissors. Translated to German: Die Haare gewaschen, griff Susi zu Föhn und Schere. ...
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Can the statal passive be used in the form "ist… zur Verfügung gesteht"?

I wish to add a sentence to a software manual in German, with a meaning like this: This keyboard shortcut is not available in the developer version. I think that this translation is the simplest ...
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Is this sentence a passive construction?

This sentence appears in today's DW Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten: Die Lage des FC Augsburg im Abstiegskampf der Fußball-Bundesliga hat sich auch durch die Rückkehr des Trainers Markus Weinzierl ...
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