| 🏠 | ▲ | ▶ |
In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is the receiver rather than the doer of the action expressed by the verb. In German, the passive voice is used primarily to describe situations where the activity or process is emphasized, rather than the doer or cause of the activity. If mentioned at all, the doer appears as the object of von (by), and the cause as the object of durch (by means of).
Nur Deutsch wird von den Studenten gesprochen. Das Haus wurde durch Feuer völlig zerstört. |
Only German is being spoken by the students. The house was completely destroyed by fire. |