Word
Man will immer besser werden.
Meaning
One always wants to become better.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Man will immer besser werden.
immer
always
wollen
to want
werden
to become / to get (change of state)
man
one / you (impersonal)
Questions & Answers about Man will immer besser werden.
Why does man use the verb form will?
The impersonal pronoun man (meaning "one", "you", or "people in general") always takes the third-person singular form of the verb. So, just like you would say er will (he wants), you say man will (one wants).
Is will the future tense here, like in English?
No, this is a classic "false friend"! In German, will comes from the modal verb wollen, which means "to want". It sounds like the English future tense, but it is strictly about wanting or intending to do something.
Why is werden placed at the very end of the sentence?
This happens because of the modal verb will. In German, when you use a modal verb, it takes the standard second position in the sentence, and the main action verb (here, werden) gets pushed to the very end in its dictionary form (infinitive).
What does werden mean in this context?
As a main verb, werden means "to become" or "to get". So besser werden means "to become better" or "to get better". (You might remember that werden is also used as a helper verb to form the future tense, which is another reason it often gets confused with the English word "will"!)