Breakdown of In einer Fabrik werden die speziellen Rahmen für jedes Bild hergestellt.
in
in
für
for
werden
to become
das Bild
the picture
Questions & Answers about In einer Fabrik werden die speziellen Rahmen für jedes Bild hergestellt.
Why is werden used here (instead of wird or sind)?
German forms the passive voice with werden + past participle. Since the “doer” isn’t named, the sentence focuses on what happens to the object. The form werden matches the subject die speziellen Rahmen (3rd person plural). You don’t use sind (from sein) for passive in German—sein is only used in perfect or as a stative verb.
What is hergestellt and why is it at the end of the sentence?
hergestellt is the past participle of the separable verb herstellen (to manufacture/produce). In German main clauses:
- The finite verb (werden) is in second position.
- Non‑finite verb parts (infinitives, past participles) go to the very end.
Hence hergestellt sits at the end in this passive construction.
Why is in einer Fabrik in the dative case?
The preposition in governs dative when it indicates a static location (“where?”) and accusative for movement (“where to?”). Here it answers “where are the frames made?” → static location. Therefore eine Fabrik takes the dative feminine form einer Fabrik.
What role does in einer Fabrik at the beginning play for word order?