German Learning Resources

The passive voice can be constructed in all eight tenses of the Subjunctive mood, although some are very rare.

Every tense and mood available in the passive voice can have a modal verb added to it. Similar to the active voice, modal verbs are primarily used in the non-perfect tenses with the passive voice ( Present, Simple Past, Future) in written and spoken language.

In English and German, a verb can have one of two voices which describe the relationship between the verb and the subject. These voices are the active voice and passive voice.

The passive voice can be expressed in mostly the same range of tenses and moods as in the active voice. Both passive voice forms are formed using an auxiliary verb and the past participle of the verb describing the action in the active voice equivalent, or the main verb. The Vorgangspassiv  or Handlungspassiv  is formed using werden as its auxiliary verb s.

Particular vocabulary is often used regarding the theme of telephones or when talking on the phone. The following tables (of nouns, verbs, etc.) list common vocabulary for this context that I have collected.

Particular vocabulary is often used (only) in the context of shopping. The following tables (of nouns, verbs, etc.) list common vocabulary in the context of shopping.

The word order ( Wortstellung ) is the order that the elements of a sentence are placed in, and are used to derive meaning from the sentence. Word order plays a very important role in correctly discerning the meaning of an English sentence. In German, however, it is more flexible, as this lesson will demonstrate.