B1 · Mittelstufe Kapitel 35

The Passive Voice

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Master the art of focusing on the action rather than the person performing it.

  • Identify when to use the passive voice in Dutch.
  • Form sentences using the auxiliary verb 'worden'.
  • Shift the emphasis from the subject to the process.
Shift your focus: Master the Dutch passive voice.

Was du lernen wirst

Learn how to use 'worden' to form the passive voice. Understand how to shift focus from the doer to the action.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Describe a series of events or news items using the passive voice with 'worden'.

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Focus on the Action

Use the passive when you don't know who did the action or it doesn't matter.
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Review Summary

  • Subject + worden (conjugated) + ... + past participle

Häufige Fehler

Using 'zijn' (is) instead of 'worden' implies a state that already happened, whereas 'worden' describes the process occurring now.

Wrong: De taart is gebakken door de kok.
Richtig: De taart wordt gebakken door de kok.

Adverbs or adjectives should not be placed between 'worden' and the participle; keep the participle at the end.

Wrong: Het huis wordt gebouwd mooi.
Richtig: Het huis wordt mooi gebouwd.

Make sure you use the correct conjugation for the subject (de auto = third person singular).

Wrong: Wordt de auto gewassen?
Richtig: Wordt de auto gewassen?

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Passive Voice with 'Worden'

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Next Steps

You are doing great! Keep practicing these structures and soon they will feel completely natural.

Read a Dutch news website and highlight all passive constructions.

Continue to: Hypothetical Situations

Schnelle Übung (3)

Correct the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

De taart is gegeten door de hond.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Beide zijn goed.
Both are grammatically correct, though the second is more common.

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Choose the correct passive sentence.

Which sentence is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: De auto wordt gerepareerd door de monteur.
Correct structure.

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Fill in the correct form of 'worden'.

De brief ___ door mij geschreven.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: wordt
Third person singular.

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Häufige Fragen (2)

No, it makes your writing sound stiff. Use it only when necessary.
'Worden' is for actions (process), 'zijn' is for states (result).
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