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Questions & Answers about Das Auto ist repariert.
Is this a passive, and does it express an action or a state?
Yes, it’s a passive, specifically the stative/resultative passive (German: Zustandspassiv). Das Auto ist repariert describes the car’s current state as a result of prior repair work. It emphasizes the result, not the process. In natural English you’d often say “The car is fixed” or “The car has been repaired (and is now fixed).”
What’s the difference between ist repariert, wird repariert, wurde repariert, and ist repariert worden?
- ist repariert: stative/resultative passive = the car is in a repaired state now.
- wird repariert: process/event passive (present) = the car is being repaired.
- wurde repariert: process passive (preterite) = the car was repaired.
- ist repariert worden: process passive (present perfect) = the car has been repaired (focus on the action having occurred).
Why doesn’t repariert have a ge- prefix?
Verbs ending in -ieren never take the ge- prefix in the past participle. So the participle of reparieren is repariert, not “gerepariert.”
Is repariert an adjective here, and can I use it attributively?