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### The Future Passive

To talk about grand plans for the future—like building a massive offshore wind farm—you will often need the **Future Passive** (*Futur I Passiv*). This lets you express what *will be done* to something, without necessarily mentioning who will do it.

To form the future passive, combine the rules for the future tense and the passive voice. The result is a structure that uses the verb **werden** twice:
- The conjugated auxiliary verb **werden** takes Position 2.
- The action is described at the very end of the sentence by the **Past Participle** followed immediately by the passive infinitive **werden**.

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Just like in other tenses, you must conjugate the first **werden** to match the subject receiving the action. If the subject is plural, use **werden** in Position 2.

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### Expanding the Sentence

Even when you add complex information—like the purpose of the construction or specific tools being used—the grammatical frame remains intact. The conjugated **werden** stays in Position 2 (or immediately follows an introductory clause), and the past participle + **werden** cluster anchors the end.

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### Subordinate Clauses

What happens in a subordinate clause (such as one starting with *weshalb* or *dass*)? As usual, the conjugated verb gets kicked to the end.

In the future passive, this means the conjugated **wird** or **werden** moves to the very end of the sentence, lining up *after* the past participle and the infinitive *werden*. This creates a neat three-verb cluster: Past Participle + *werden* + *wird/werden*.

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Future passive (wird ... werden)

adjective

adverb

auxiliary verb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Definite articles and gender (der, die, das)

Indefinite articles (ein, eine)

Regular verbs and statement word order (ich -e, er -t)

The second person (du -st, Sie -en)

Yes/No questions

The verb 'to have' (habe, hast, hat)

Plural pronouns and regular verbs (wir, ihr, sie)

Plural 'to be' and 'to have' (sind, haben)

Plural nouns and the plural article (die)

Sentence negation (nicht)

Noun negation (kein, keine)

Question words (wer, was, wo, wie)

Numbers 0 to 12 (null, eins, zwei)

The accusative case (den, die, das)

Indefinite accusative articles (einen, keinen)

Direct object pronouns (mich, dich, ihn)

There is / there are (es gibt)

Vowel changes: e to i/ie (er spricht, sie liest)

Vowel changes: a to ä (er fährt)

Weather and conditions (es regnet)

First- and second-person possessives in the nominative (mein, dein, Ihr)

First- and second-person possessives in the accusative (meinen, deinen, Ihren)

Third-person and plural possessives (sein, ihr, unser, euer)

Possession with names (Annas Auto)

Demonstrative pronouns (dieser, diese, dieses)

Expressing preference (gern, lieber)

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Expressing ability (können)

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Expressing intention (wollen)

Modal verbs of obligation and permission (müssen, dürfen)

Separable prefix verbs

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The Dative case and definite articles (dem, der, den)

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Dative personal pronouns (mir, dir, ihm, ihr...)

Dative verbs (helfen, danken, gefallen, schmecken)

Dative prepositions (aus, bei, mit, nach...)

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Simple past of sein and haben (war, hatte)

The perfect tense: regular verbs (gemacht, gespielt)

Past tense: irregular verbs (ge-...-en)

The perfect tense: mixed verbs (gebracht, gekannt)

The perfect tense with sein (ist gegangen)

The perfect tense: separable verbs (eingekauft)

The perfect tense: inseparable and -ieren verbs (besucht, studiert)

Informal singular commands (mach, lern)

Numbers 13 to 20 (dreizehn to zwanzig)

Counting by tens to 100 (dreißig, vierzig)

Telling time (Uhr, halb, Viertel, vor, nach)

Numbers 21 to 99 (einundzwanzig, zweiunddreißig)

Greetings and farewells

Thank you, sorry and good wishes

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Numbers 100 to 1,000,000 (hundert, tausend...)

Becoming and getting (werden)

The impersonal pronoun (man)

Indefinite pronouns (jemand, niemand...)

Time sequence prepositions (vor, nach, bei)

Time span prepositions (von... bis, seit, für)

Adverbs of sequence (zuerst, dann, danach)

Two-way prepositions for direction (in, auf, an...)

Directional adverbs (hin, her)

Placement verbs (setzen, stellen, legen)

Months of the year (Januar, Februar)

The four seasons (Frühling, Sommer)

Time prepositions and indefinite pronouns (an, in, um)

Ordinal numbers 1st to 19th (am ersten)

Ordinals 20th and beyond (-ste, -sten)

Placement vs. location verbs (stellen vs. stehen)

Accusative reflexive pronouns (mich, dich, sich)

Accusative reflexive verbs (sich freuen)

Dative reflexive pronouns (mir, dir, sich)

Dative reflexive verbs (sich etwas merken)

Ordinal numbers 11th to 19th (-te)

Temporal prepositions (an, in, um)

Double objects with nouns

Double objects with pronouns

The modal verb for advice (sollen)

Simple past of modal verbs (musste, wollte...)

Simple past of common irregulars (wurde, wusste, es gab)

Adverbial connectors of consequence (deshalb, darum...)

Subordinate clauses for statements (dass)

Question	Answer
the wind farm	der Windpark
The wind farm will be built in the sea.	Der Windpark wird im Meer gebaut werden.
the wind turbine	das Windrad
to transport	transportieren
The new wind turbines will be transported soon.	Die neuen Windräder werden bald transportiert werden.
the foundation (base, groundwork)	das Fundament
the seabed	der Meeresboden
to anchor (fasten, secure)	verankern
The foundation will be anchored deep in the seabed.	Das Fundament wird tief im Meeresboden verankert werden.
the turbine	die Turbine
Every turbine will be transported with a ship.	Jede Turbine wird mit einem Schiff transportiert werden.
the capacity	die Kapazität
In order to increase the capacity, a second wind farm will be erected.	Um die Kapazität zu erhöhen, wird ein zweiter Windpark errichtet werden.
to supply	versorgen
The whole city will be supplied with electricity.	Die ganze Stadt wird mit Strom versorgt werden.
the generator	der Generator
The new generator will be connected to the grid.	Der neue Generator wird an das Netz angeschlossen werden.
The seabed is soft, which is why the foundation will be anchored deeper.	Der Meeresboden ist weich, weshalb das Fundament tiefer verankert werden wird.
A stronger generator will be installed in the wind turbine.	Ein stärkerer Generator wird in das Windrad eingebaut werden.
The capacity will be doubled with the large turbines.	Die Kapazität wird mit den großen Turbinen verdoppelt werden.
The project is supposed to be huge, which is why the whole country will be supplied.	Das Projekt soll riesig sein, weshalb das ganze Land versorgt werden wird.