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Passive voice, other tenses

The other tenses in the passive voice use the tense forms of the helping verb werden, together with the past participle of the main verb. The past participle form of werden in the passive voice is worden, rather than geworden.

Simple past
Das Problem wurde schnell gelöst.
The problem was quickly solved.
Compound past
Das Problem ist schnell gelöst worden.
The problem has been quickly solved.
Past perfect
Das Problem war schnell gelöst worden.
The problem had been quickly solved.
Future
Das Problem wird schnell gelöst werden.
The problem will be quickly solved.