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Future perfect

Called Futur II in German, the construction used for future perfect is werden + participle + sein/haben. The future perfect may express activities that will have been completed in the future. In this function, however, it is used extremely rarely. It is used more often in speculations about the past. Example sentences:

Passive voice

The passive voice is constructed by using forms of werden (werden, wird, wurde, worden) with the perfect participle. If an agent,which imposes the action on the subject, is mentioned, the preposition von is used. Examples:

See also:

The verb werden
Future tense