Breakdown of Das Haus ist innerhalb des Gebiets gebaut worden.
sein
to be
das Haus
the house
bauen
to build
werden
to be (passive auxiliary + past participle)
innerhalb
within
das Gebiet
the area
Questions & Answers about Das Haus ist innerhalb des Gebiets gebaut worden.
Why does the sentence use des Gebiets instead of das Gebiet?
The preposition innerhalb (within) requires the Genitive case. Because the noun das Gebiet (the area) is neuter, its definite article changes to des, and the noun itself gets an -s added to the end.
Why is ist used with worden here instead of hat?
This sentence is in the passive voice using the Perfekt tense (present perfect). The passive voice in German is built with the verb werden, and in the Perfekt tense, werden requires the helping verb sein (ist), not haben (hat).
Isn't the past participle of werden usually geworden? Why is it just worden here?
When werden means 'to become' as a main verb, its past participle is indeed geworden. However, when it acts as a helping verb to form the passive voice (like in this sentence), it drops the ge- prefix and simply becomes worden.
Can I use the Dative case with von instead of the Genitive here?
In formal writing and standard German, you must use the Genitive case with innerhalb (innerhalb des Gebiets). In very casual spoken German, people sometimes replace the Genitive with von plus the Dative (innerhalb von dem Gebiet), but it is best to stick to the Genitive as taught in this lesson.
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