Passive Voice With Stative Verbs

The passive voice in German shows the subject of the sentence receiving the action. In the case of the verbs Ist/wird geschrieben, it can show either a completed action or an ongoing process.

Passive With Stative Verbs: Ist/wird geschrieben

The statal passive (Zustandspassiv) indicates an already completed action. It describes the state, result, or situation after an action has been completed.

To form the statal passive, we need a form of sein and the past participle of the main verb:

Here is a comparison of two forms in the passive:

➝ Describing an ongoing process.

➝ Describing a completed action with the result.