Word
Der Windpark wird im Meer gebaut werden.
Meaning
The wind farm will be built in the sea.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Der Windpark wird im Meer gebaut werden.
in
in
bauen
to build
das Meer
the sea
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
Questions & Answers about Der Windpark wird im Meer gebaut werden.
Why are there two forms of werden in this sentence?
This is the standard structure for the future passive. The first one, wird (in position 2), is the conjugated auxiliary verb for the future tense ('will'). The second one, werden (at the very end), is the infinitive auxiliary verb for the passive voice ('be'). Together with the past participle, they form 'will be built'.
Why is the word order gebaut werden at the end, rather than werden gebaut?
In German future passive clauses, the verb cluster at the end always follows the order: Past Participle + werden. So, instead of the English order ('will be built'), German puts the infinitive last: wird ... gebaut werden ('will ... built be').
Building something is an action. Why does this sentence use the dative im Meer instead of the accusative ins Meer?
With two-way prepositions like in, the accusative is used for a change of location or direction ('where to?'). Here, the action of building happens at a static location—the wind farm isn't being moved from the land into the sea. Because it answers the question 'where?' (wo?), it takes the dative case: in dem Meer contracts to im Meer.
Could I say auf dem Meer instead of im Meer for an offshore wind farm?