Breakdown of Vonseiten der Schulleitung wird kein Fehlverhalten geduldet.
kein
no, not any
der
who, which, that (relative pronoun; die, das)
werden
to be (passive auxiliary + past participle)
vonseiten
on the part of
die Schulleitung
the school administration
das Fehlverhalten
the misconduct
dulden
to tolerate (put up with, endure)
Questions & Answers about Vonseiten der Schulleitung wird kein Fehlverhalten geduldet.
Why does Schulleitung take the article der here? Isn't it a feminine noun?
Yes, die Schulleitung is feminine. However, the formal preposition vonseiten (on the part of) requires the genitive case. In the genitive case, the feminine definite article die changes to der.
Could I use seitens instead of vonseiten in this sentence?
Absolutely. Seitens der Schulleitung means the exact same thing. Both are formal genitive prepositions used to specify whose side an action or stance is coming from. vonseiten (which can also be correctly spelled as two words: von Seiten) is just a common alternative.
How does the grammar of wird ... geduldet work here?
This is a standard present tense passive voice construction, built with the helping verb werden (conjugated here as wird) and the past participle geduldet (tolerated). The subject of the sentence is kein Fehlverhalten, which is why wird is in the third-person singular.
Why is the verb wird placed before the subject kein Fehlverhalten?
German uses a strict verb-second rule for main clauses. The entire prepositional phrase Vonseiten der Schulleitung acts as one single grammatical block occupying the first position. The conjugated verb wird must take the second position, pushing the subject to the spot immediately after it.
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