Declension of German noun Motiv with plural and article

The declension of the noun Motiv (motive, theme) is in singular genitive Motivs and in the plural nominative Motive. The noun Motiv is declined with the declension endings s/e. The voice of Motiv is neutral and the article "das". Here you can not only inflect Motiv but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level B2. Comments ☆

B2 · noun · neutral · regular · -s, -e

das Motiv

Motivs · Motive

Endings s/e   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'  

English motive, theme, subject, reason, incentive, leitmotif, motif, pattern, theme element, view

/ˈmoːtɪf/ · /ˈmoːtɪfs/ · /ˈmoːtɪvə/

[Kunst, Wissenschaft, …] der Anreiz oder Grund für eine Handlung, speziell für eine Straftat; kleinster Baustein eines musikalischen Themas; Beweggrund, Motivation

» Was war dein Motiv ? English What was your motive?

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Declension of Motiv in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. dasMotiv
Gen. desMotivs
Dat. demMotiv
Acc. dasMotiv

Plural

Nom. dieMotive
Gen. derMotive
Dat. denMotiven
Acc. dieMotive
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Examples

Example sentences for Motiv

  • Was war dein Motiv ? 
    English What was your motive?
  • Ich kann das Motiv nicht erkennen. 
    English I cannot recognize the motif.
  • Wir kennen die Motive des Verbrechers noch nicht. 
    English We do not yet know the motives of the criminal.
  • Es gibt weit und breit keine Anzeichen für ein Motiv . 
    English There are no signs of a motive nearby.
  • Maria hatte kein Motiv . 
    English Maria had no motive.
  • Das Motiv des Bildes ist eine Obstschale. 
    English The motif of the picture is a fruit bowl.
  • Das Motiv für den Mord war Eifersucht. 
    English The motive for the murder was jealousy.
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Translation of German Motiv

German Motiv
English motive, theme, subject, reason, incentive, leitmotif, motif, pattern
Russian мотив, вид, до́вод, мело́дия, моти́в, объект, по́вод, побуждение
Spanish motivo, móvil, Motivo, motivación
French motif, thème, Motif, incitation, mobile, structure algébrique, sujet
Turkish gerekçe, asıl sebep, güdü, konu, motif, müzikal tema, nesne, saik
Portuguese motivo, estrutura algébrica, incentivo, tema
Italian motivo, movente, tema, soggetto, struttura algebrica
Romanian motif, motiv, motivație, stimul, subiect
Hungarian motívum, indíték, motiváció, ok, tárgy
Polish motyw
Greek κίνητρο, θέμα, κίνητρα, λόγος, μοτίβο, μουσικό θέμα, παρακίνηση
Dutch motief, onderwerp, aanleiding, beweegreden, structuur, thema
Czech motiv, důvod, motív, námět, podnět, pohnutka
Swedish motiv, algebraisk struktur, motif
Danish algebraisk struktur, bevæggrund, motif, motiv, motivation, motivet, årsag
Japanese モチーフ, 動機, テーマ, モチベーション, 理由
Catalan motiu, contingut significatiu, estructura algebraica, incentiu, objecte, tema
Finnish aihe, algebrallinen rakenne, motiivi, motivaatiotekijä, syy, teema
Norwegian motiv, motif
Basque motiboa, arrazoi, egitura algebraikoa, irudiaren objektua, motibo
Serbian motif
Macedonian мотив, алгебарска структура, објект
Slovenian algebrajska struktura, motif, spodbud, vzrok
Slowakisch motív, algebraická štruktúra, pohnútka
Bosnian motif, poticaj, razlog
Croatian motif, poticaj, temelj, uzrok
Ukrainian мотив, алгебрична структура, об'єкт
Bulgarian мотив, алгебрична структура, обект
Belorussian аб'ект, алгебраічная структура, матыў, мелодычны элемент
Indonesian motif, alasan, subjek
Vietnamese mô-típ, lý do, đề tài, động cơ
Uzbek maqsad, mavzu, motif, sababi
Hindi मोटिफ, कारण, प्रेरणा, मोटिव, विषय
Chinese 动机, 主题动机, 母题, 题材
Thai มอทิฟ, ม็อติฟ, หัวข้อ, เหตุผล, แรงจูงใจ, โมทีฟ
Korean 동기, 모티프, 모티브, 주제
Azerbaijani motif, mövzu, məqsəd, səbəb
Georgian მოტივი, მიზეზი
Bengali মোটিফ, কারণ, প্রেরণা, বিষয়, মোটিভ
Albanian arsyeja, motif, temë
Marathi मोटिफ, कारण, प्रेरणा, मोटिव्ह, विषय
Nepali मोटिफ, कारण, मोटिभ, विषय, हेतु
Telugu మోటిఫ్, కారణం, మోటివ్, విషయం
Latvian motīvs, pamats, tēma
Tamil காரணம், மோடிஃப், மோட்டிஃப், மோட்டிவ், விஷயம்
Estonian motiiv, põhjus, teema
Armenian մոտիվ, թեմա
Kurdish motîf, mijar, motîv, sebep
Hebrewמוטיב، מניע
Arabicدافع، سبب، موضوع، باعث، عنصر، موتيف، هيكل جبري
Persianانگیزه، ساختار جبری، محتوای معنادار، محرک، موتیف، موضوع
Urduتحریک، الجبری ساخت، محرک، موسیقی کا بنیادی عنصر، موضوع، وجہ

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Meanings and synonyms of Motiv
  • der Anreiz oder Grund für eine Handlung, speziell für eine Straftat, Beweggrund, Motivation
  • [Kultur] kleinster Baustein eines musikalischen Themas
  • [Kunst] Gegenstand eines Bildes
  • [Wissenschaft] eine algebraische Struktur
  • [Wissenschaft] wiederholbare, bedeutungsvolle Inhaltseinheit
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Declension forms of Motiv

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Motiv in all cases

The declension of Motiv as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Motiv is crucial.

Declension Motiv

Singular Plural
Nom. das Motiv die Motive
Gen. des Motivs der Motive
Dat. dem Motiv den Motiven
Acc. das Motiv die Motive

Declension Motiv

  • Singular: das Motiv, des Motivs, dem Motiv, das Motiv
  • Plural: die Motive, der Motive, den Motiven, die Motive

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 21130, 21130, 21130, 21130, 21130

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 21130, 21130

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 6284187, 5160604, 3693915, 6112008, 10920202

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