Mastering Passive Voice in German Present Tense: Explained Super Simply

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Today, we will explore the passive voice in German for the present tense in detail.

This article will give you super easy tips on building sentences with passive voice in German present tense.

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Using ‘Werden’ with Passive Voice in German Present Tense

We must use the auxiliary verb werden with the sentences in passive voice in German present tense

The verb werden means “to become”.

We conjugate the present form of ‘werden’ for the passive voice in German present form.

Let’s see the conjugations for the personal pronouns as follows:

Past Participle of the Verb with Passive Voice in German Present Tense

After the auxiliary verb werden, it comes to add the past participle form of the verb.

We can formulate the use of past participle with werden for passive voice in German as follows:

Object + Werden + Past Participle of the Verb

The object represents the thing/person that is affected by the subject.

When using the passive voice in German present tense, we mention the general events that are carried by another subject.

Examples of Passive Voice in German Present Tense

In this section, we have prepared many original sentences to help you perfect the passive voice in German present tense.

In all sentences, you will see the German forms as ‘GER’ and English translations as ‘ENG’.

To simplify your understanding, we add the auxiliary verb ‘werden’ and past participles ‘PP’ of the verbs in each sentence.

• GER: Sushi wird in einem japanischen Restaurant bestellt. (wird + bestellen-PP)
• ENG: Sushi is ordered in a Japanese restaurant.

• GER: Das Zimmer meines Sohnes wird aufgeräumt. (wird + aufräumen-PP)
• ENG: My son’s room is being tidied up.

• GER: Die Fleischbällchen werden von den Köchen gekocht. (werden + kochen-PP)
• ENG: The meatballs are cooked by the chefs.

• GER: Alle Hausaufgaben werden jede Woche vollständig gemacht. (werden + machen-PP)
• ENG: All homework is completely done every week.

• GER: Die Autos der Kunden werden gereinigt. (werden + reinigen-PP)
• ENG: The customers’ cars are cleaned.

• GER: Die Artikel werden von Fachgutachten geprüft. (werden + prüfen-PP)
• ENG: The articles are reviewed by expert reviewers.

• GER: Schöne Bilder werden von erfahrenen Malern gemalt. (werden + malen-PP)
• ENG: Beautiful pictures are painted by experienced painters.

• GER: Mein neues Buch wird von Tausenden von Menschen gelesen. (werden + lesen-PP)
• ENG: My new book is read by thousands of people.

• GER: Wir werden von den Politikern getäuscht. (werden + täuschen-PP)
• ENG: We are being deceived by the politicians.

• GER: Ihr werdet sehr billig gearbeitet. (werdet + arbeiten-PP)
• ENG: You are employed very cheaply.

• GER: Die Brücke in unserer Stadt wird nicht mit Absicht gebaut. (wird + bauen-PP)
• ENG: The bridge in our city is not being built on purpose.

We hope this article has perfected your knowledge of the passive voice in German present tense.

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