{"id":14697,"date":"2013-08-15T08:46:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T07:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=14697"},"modified":"2013-08-16T09:24:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T08:24:19","slug":"german-passive-voice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/14697\/german-passive-voice","title":{"rendered":"German Passive Voice"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Passive-Voice\"<\/a><\/p>\n

German Passive Voice<\/span><\/h2>\n

We have put together this quick reference guide to help you understand the German passive voice. In the German and English language there are two voices \u2013 the active voice and the passive voice. <\/p>\n

In a normal, active sentence, the subject is carrying out the action that is described by the verb. The object is the person or thing that the verb \u201chappens\u201d to.<\/p>\n

In a typical German sentence the subject (S)<\/span><\/strong> of the sentence comes first followed by the verb (V)<\/span><\/strong> and the object (O)<\/span><\/strong> at the end.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong>
\nJames (S)<\/span><\/strong> k\u00fcsste (V)<\/span><\/strong> mich (O)<\/span><\/strong> \u21e8 James kissed me.
\n<\/p>\n

In German as in English, you can change an active sentence into a passive sentence. The object of the action becomes then the subject of the sentence. <\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong>
\nIch wurde von James gek\u00fcsst. \u21e8 I was kissed by James.<\/p>\n

Quite often the verb doesn\u2019t tell you who is carrying out the action. <\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong>
\nI was hit in the face. \u21e8 Ich wurde ins Gesicht geschlagen.
\nHe was stung. \u21e8 Er wurde gestochen.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

How to form the German passive<\/u><\/h3>\n

In English, the passive is formed with the verb to be<\/strong> and the past participle<\/strong>. The word by<\/strong> usually indicates who performed the action.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong>
\nThe man was struck by lightning.
\nThe roof was destroyed by a storm.<\/p>\n

The German passive is formed with the verb werden<\/span><\/strong> and the past participle<\/span><\/strong>. The word von<\/span><\/strong> or durch<\/span><\/strong> indicates who or what performed the action.<\/p>\n

For example:<\/strong>
\nDer Mann wurde<\/span><\/strong> von<\/span><\/strong> einem Blitz getroffen<\/span><\/strong> \u21e8 The man was struck by lightning.
\nDas Dach wurde<\/span><\/strong> durch<\/span><\/strong> einen Sturm zerst\u00f6rt<\/span><\/strong> \u21e8 The roof was destroyed by a storm.
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German Passive Voice We have put together this quick reference guide to help you understand the German passive voice. In the German and English language there are two voices \u2013 the active voice and the passive voice. In a normal, active sentence, the subject is carrying out the action that is described by the verb. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14697"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14718,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14697\/revisions\/14718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}