Übermorgen werden Techniker den Strom im Haus kurz ausschalten.

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Breakdown of Übermorgen werden Techniker den Strom im Haus kurz ausschalten.

• dem: the; (masculine or neuter, dative)
• das Haus: the house
• werden: to become

Questions & Answers about Übermorgen werden Techniker den Strom im Haus kurz ausschalten.

What part of speech is Übermorgen and why is it capitalized?

Übermorgen is a temporal adverb meaning “the day after tomorrow.” It’s capitalized here simply because it’s the first word of the sentence. In German, adverbs are only capitalized at the beginning of a sentence (unless they’re proper nouns).

Why does this sentence use werden + infinitive to express future tense, and why is it werden here instead of wird?

German forms the future tense with a conjugated form of werden (to become) plus the main verb in its infinitive at the end of the clause. Because Techniker is plural, you use the third-person plural form werden, not the singular wird.

Why is the finite verb werden in second position, while the infinitive ausschalten appears at the end?

German main clauses follow the “verb-second” (V2) rule: the finite verb must occupy the second position. Any remaining infinitives or separable prefixes go to the end of the clause. Here:

1. Übermorgen (1st position)
2. werden (finite verb, 2nd position)
   …
   last: ausschalten (infinitive of the separable verb).

What is the function of aus in ausschalten, and why is it separated?

ausschalten is a separable-prefix verb: the prefix aus + root schalten (to switch). In the infinitive it stays attached (ausschalten), but in a finite clause the prefix detaches and usually goes to the end. In a future construction, the full infinitive remains together at the end.