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Meet die Motivation

See how the article changes from case to case, then try the exercises.

Meaning

  1. motivation (willingness of action especially in behavior)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For die Motivation, use the coloured columns: feminine and plural.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

Plural die Motivationen

Nouns ending in -ung, -heit, -keit, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ik, -ei, -ur, -enz and -anz are feminine.

Examples

  1. 1
    Die starke Motivation hilft ihr beim Lernen.The strong motivation helps her with studying.Nominative · subjectPractise „stark“ →
  2. 2
    Ich finde keine klare Motivation.I can't find any clear motivation.Accusative · findenPractise „klar“ →
  3. 3
    Anna folgt ihrer eigenen Motivation im Beruf.Anna follows her own motivation at work.Dative · folgenPractise „eigen“ →
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