Alternative ways of passive voice formation

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Besides the Vorgangspassiv (werden + past participle), the passive voice can also be expressed through other forms, the so-called Konkurrenzformen.

These alternative ways of passive voice formation are divided in two groups; the first includes ways of passive voice formation with a modal meaning and the second includes ways of passive voice formation without a modal meaning.

Here is an overview of these alternative ways:

alternative ways of passive voice formation without a modal meaning

bekommen, erhalten, kriegen + past participle (Partizip II)

empty verb + verbal noun

reflexive construction with impersonal subject

alternative ways of passive voice formation with a modal meaning

sich lassen + infinitive

sein + zu + infinitive

sein + adjective ending in -bar, -lich, -fähig