Breakdown of In einer Fabrik werden die speziellen Rahmen für jedes Bild hergestellt.
in
in
für
for
werden
to become
das Bild
the picture
jedes
each
die Fabrik
the factory
speziell
special
der Rahmen
the frame
herstellen
to manufacture
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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?
German is a V2 language: the finite verb must occupy the second slot. Anything you put first (here the adverbial phrase in einer Fabrik) is followed immediately by the finite verb (werden), then the subject. This is why the order is:
1) In einer Fabrik (fronted element)
2) werden (verb)
3) die speziellen Rahmen (subject)
4) …rest…
Why is die speziellen Rahmen in the nominative case?
In the passive voice, what would be the direct object in an active sentence becomes the grammatical subject. Subjects take the nominative case, so die speziellen Rahmen (the frames) is nominative plural.
Why does speziellen end with ‑en?
After a definite article (die in nominative plural), German adjectives take the weak endings. For nominative plural that ending is ‑en, so speziell becomes speziellen.
Why is für jedes Bild in the accusative case?
für is one of the prepositions that always governs the accusative. Bild is a neuter noun. The accusative singular form of the indefinite jed- pronoun for neuter nouns is jedes, so you get für jedes Bild.
Why is jedes Bild singular rather than alle Bilder?
jedes means “each,” emphasizing an individual frame made for every single picture. alle Bilder would mean “all pictures,” suggesting one frame for the whole group, which changes the intended meaning.
How would you express this idea in the active voice?
You could say either:
- In einer Fabrik stellt man die speziellen Rahmen für jedes Bild her. (impersonal “one/they”)
- Die Fabrik stellt die speziellen Rahmen für jedes Bild her.
Note that herstellen is separable, so in the present tense you split it into stellt … her.