Is it der, die oder das Motivation?
DIE
The correct article in German of Motivation is die. So it is die Motivation! (nominative case)
The word Motivation is feminine, therefore the correct article is die.
Finding the right gender of a noun
German articles are used similarly to the English articles,a and the. However, they are declined differently (change) according to the number, gender and case of their nouns.
In the German language, the gender and therefore article is fixed for each noun.
The most difficult part of learning the German language is the articles (der, die, das) or rather the gender of each noun. The gender of each noun in German has no simple rule. In fact, it can even seem illogical. For example das Mädchen, a young girl is neutral while der Junge, a young boy is male.
It is a good idea to learn the correct article for each new word together - even if it means a lot of work. For example learning "der Hund" (the dog) rather than just Hund by itself. Fortunately, there are some rules about gender in German that make things a little easier. It might be even nicer if these rules didn't have exceptions - but you can't have everything! The best way to learn them is with the App - Der-Die-Das Train! (available for iOS and Android)
German nouns belong either to the gender masculine (male, standard gender) with the definite article der, to the feminine (feminine) with the definite article die, or to the neuter (neuter) with the definite article das.
for masculine: points of the compass, weather (Osten, Monsun, Sturm; however it is: das Gewitter), liquor/spirits (Wodka, Wein, Kognak), minerals, rocks (Marmor, Quarz, Granit, Diamant);
for feminine: ships and airplanes (die Deutschland, die Boeing; however it is: der Airbus), cigarette brands (Camel, Marlboro), many tree and plant species (Eiche, Pappel, Kiefer; aber: der Flieder), numbers (Eins, Million; however it is: das Dutzend), most inland rivers (Elbe, Oder, Donau; aber: der Rhein);
for neutrals: cafes, hotels, cinemas (das Mariott, das Cinemaxx), chemical elements (Helium, Arsen; however it is: der Schwefel, masculine elements have the suffix -stoff), letters, notes, languages and colors (das Orange, das A, das Englische), certain brand names for detergents and cleaning products (Ariel, Persil), continents, countries (die artikellosen: (das alte) Europa; however exceptions include: der Libanon, die Schweiz …).
German declension of Motivation?
How does the declension of Motivation work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | die Motivation | die Motivationen |
| Genitive | der Motivation | der Motivationen |
| Dative | der Motivation | den Motivationen |
| Akkusative | die Motivation | die Motivationen |
What is the meaning of Motivation in German?
Motivation has various definitions in German:
[1] Psychology: The will to achieve a goal
[1] Psychologie: der Wille, ein Ziel zu erreichen[2] Linguistics: Process and result of a process that leads to the importance of linguistic expressions from the importance of its components
[2] Linguistik: Prozess und Ergebnis eines Vorgangs, der dazu führt, dass die Bedeutung sprachlicher Ausdrücke sich aus der Bedeutung ihrer Bestandteile herleiten lässtHow to use Motivation in a sentence?
Example sentences in German using Motivation with translations in English.
[1] Dazu fehlt mir die Motivation.
[1] I lack the motivation[1] „Symptomatisch für diese gipfelbezogene Erlebnisweise des Höhenbergsteigens ist die Motivationskurve, die sich in zahlreichen, von mir geführten Interviews sinngleich wie in den folgenden Aussagen offenbart: Wenn ich einen Gipfel erreicht habe, sinkt meine Motivation rapide ab […].“
[1] "Symptomatic for this summit -related experience of the height mountaineering is the motivation curve, which in numerous interviews I have managed to make a meaningful way as in the following statements: When I have reached a summit, my motivation sinks rapidly [...] Ä"[2] „In einer Lexikologie sind also die Probleme besonders zu betrachten, die die lexikalisch-semantischen Aspekte der Wortbildung berühren: die Prozesse der Motivation, Demotivierung, Lexikalisierung und Idiomatisierung, die Zusammenhänge von Wortbildung und Wortbedeutung und Bedeutungswandel.“
[2] In a lexicology, the problems that affect the lexical-semantic aspects of word formation are therefore particularly important: the processes of motivation, demotivation, lexicalization and idiomatization, the relationships between word formation and wording and change of meaning "[2] „Es gibt notorische ‚Wortspieler‘, die Wortbildung in besonders hohem Maße für sprachkomische Zwecke auszunutzen verstehen, indem sie durch unerwartete Kontexte mit Motivationen lexikalisierter Wortbildungen spielen…“
[2] "There are notorious 'word players' that understand the wording of the word in a particularly high degree for language -comic purposes by playing through unexpected contexts with motivations with motivations of lexicalized word formations ..."[2] „Wörter als Benennungseinheiten können durch ihre Motivation Hinweise auf das Benannte geben.“
[2] "Words as naming units can give references to the named by their motivation"How do you pronounce Motivation?
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