Breakdown of Jedes Fehlverhalten wird vonseiten der Schulleitung bemerkt.
jeder
everyone / each
bemerken
to notice
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
Questions & Answers about Jedes Fehlverhalten wird vonseiten der Schulleitung bemerkt.
Why does Schulleitung change to der Schulleitung here?
The preposition vonseiten (on the part of) requires the genitive case. Since Schulleitung (school administration) is a feminine noun (die Schulleitung), its article changes to der in the genitive.
Could I use seitens instead of vonseiten in this sentence?
Yes! seitens der Schulleitung means exactly the same thing. Both seitens and vonseiten are formal ways to express "on the part of" and both take the genitive case.
Why are we using vonseiten here instead of just von for the passive voice?
While you could say von der Schulleitung (by the school administration) to form a standard passive sentence, using vonseiten adds a formal, bureaucratic tone. It translates closer to "on the part of the school administration" rather than a simple "by".
What is the gender of Fehlverhalten, and why does the word jedes end in -es?
Fehlverhalten (misconduct) is a neuter noun (das Fehlverhalten). Because it is the subject of the sentence (nominative case), the word jeder (every) takes the neuter nominative ending -es, becoming jedes.
Is vonseiten always written as one word?
According to modern German spelling rules, vonseiten is written as a single word. You might occasionally see the older spelling von Seiten in older texts, but the one-word version is the standard today.
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