Breakdown of Der Inhalt wird regelmäßig aktualisiert.
der Inhalt
the content
regelmäßig
regularly
aktualisieren
to update
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Questions & Answers about Der Inhalt wird regelmäßig aktualisiert.
Why is wird aktualisiert passive rather than active, and how would the active version look?
This sentence uses the passive voice to focus on the action (the updating) rather than who does it. In German passive present you combine werden (conjugated) + past participle of the main verb.
Active version:
Wir aktualisieren regelmäßig den Inhalt.
Here wir is the subject (we), aktualisieren the verb, regelmäßig the adverb, and den Inhalt the object.
What are wird and aktualisiert grammatically?
• wird = 3rd person singular present of werden, used as the auxiliary in the passive.
• aktualisiert = past participle (Partizip II) of aktualisieren (“to update”).
In the passive present (Vorgangspassiv) you always use werden + Partizip II.
Which case is Der Inhalt, and why is the article der?
Der Inhalt is in the nominative case, because it’s the grammatical subject of the sentence.
- Inhalt is a masculine noun.
- Masculine nominative singular = der.
What part of speech is regelmäßig, and why doesn’t it change its ending?