Word
Das Hotel muss früh gebucht sein.
Meaning
The hotel must be booked early.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Das Hotel muss früh gebucht sein.
sein
to be
das Hotel
the hotel
müssen
to have to, must
früh
early
Questions & Answers about Das Hotel muss früh gebucht sein.
Why does this sentence end with sein instead of werden?
This sentence uses the state passive (Zustandspassiv). By using sein, it emphasizes the result or completed state: the hotel needs to already be in a booked state by a certain time. If you used werden (Das Hotel muss früh gebucht werden), it would be the process passive, focusing on the action of making the booking itself.
What is the exact word order when combining a modal verb with the state passive?
The conjugated modal verb (muss) takes the standard second position in the sentence. The state passive components are pushed to the very end. Notice that the past participle (gebucht) comes directly before the infinitive sein.
How would you say this sentence in the active voice?
Because the passive voice hides who is actually doing the booking, you need to add a generic subject like man (one/you) or wir (we) to make it active. For example: Man muss das Hotel früh buchen (You have to book the hotel early).
Does früh mean 'early in the morning' in this context?
No. While früh is often used to mean 'in the morning' (as in morgen früh), here it simply means 'early' in the sense of 'well in advance' or 'ahead of time'.