Breakdown of Die Kapazität wird mit den großen Turbinen verdoppelt werden.
groß
big / tall
mit
with
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
werden
to be (passive auxiliary + past participle)
verdoppeln
to double
die Turbine
the turbine
die Kapazität
the capacity
Questions & Answers about Die Kapazität wird mit den großen Turbinen verdoppelt werden.
Why are there two forms of werden in this sentence?
This is the core structure of the future passive tense. The first verb, wird, is conjugated to match the subject Die Kapazität and forms the future tense. The final verb, werden, is the passive infinitive. Together with the past participle verdoppelt, the entire phrase wird verdoppelt werden means 'will be doubled'.
Why does verdoppelt come before werden at the end of the sentence?
When stacking verbs at the end of a German sentence, the general rule is that the auxiliary or helping infinitive comes last. Since werden acts as the passive auxiliary to the main action, the past participle verdoppelt is placed right before the infinitive werden.
Why doesn't the past participle verdoppelt start with ge-?
The infinitive is verdoppeln, which is formed with the inseparable prefix ver-. A key rule for German past participles is that verbs with inseparable prefixes (like be-, ent-, er-, and ver-) never add the ge- prefix.
Why does the adjective großen have an -en ending here?
The phrase uses the preposition mit, which always triggers the dative case. Since Turbinen is a plural noun, the definite article becomes den. In the dative plural, adjectives following a definite article must take the -en ending, resulting in großen.
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