Breakdown of Das Fundament wird tief im Meeresboden verankert werden.
in
in
tief
deeply
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
werden
to be (passive auxiliary + past participle)
Questions & Answers about Das Fundament wird tief im Meeresboden verankert werden.
Why are there two forms of werden (wird and werden) in this sentence?
This sentence is in the future passive (Futur I Passiv). The conjugated wird in the second position is the future tense auxiliary verb (meaning will). The final werden at the very end combines with the past participle verankert to create the passive infinitive (meaning be anchored).
What happens to the verb order (wird, verankert, werden) if we put this into a subordinate clause, like starting with Ich denke, dass ...?
In a subordinate clause, the conjugated verb (wird) gets pushed to the very end. The sentence would end with a cluster of three verbs: Ich denke, dass das Fundament tief im Meeresboden verankert werden wird. This triple-verb ending is completely standard for the future passive.
Why do we use the dative im Meeresboden instead of the accusative in den Meeresboden? Isn't anchoring a movement into the ground?
While driving an anchor into the ground implies movement, the verb verankern focuses on the resulting fixed location. Because it answers the question where? (wo?) rather than where to? (wohin?), the two-way preposition in takes the dative case (in dem contracts to im).
Why doesn't the past participle verankert start with a ge- prefix?