motivieren
German, verb/motiˈviːʁən/
motivieren is spelled M-O-T-I-V-I-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Motivieren is a German verb meaning “to motivate (encourage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden dazu bringen, sich aus eigenem Antrieb um etwas zu kümmern”.
What does motivieren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to motivate (encourage)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden dazu bringen, sich aus eigenem Antrieb um etwas zu kümmern 2. einen Grund (Motiv) für etwas angeben
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of motivieren
- motiviert present singular third-person
- motivierte past
- haben auxiliary
- motivierend participle present
- motiviere first-person indicative present
- motivierst indicative present second-person
- motivierest second-person singular subjunctive
- motivieret plural second-person subjunctive
- motivierten first-person indicative plural
- motiviertest indicative preterite second-person
- motiviertet indicative plural preterite
- motivier imperative second-person singular
- habe motiviert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben motiviert first-person indicative multiword-construction
- motiviere! imperative singular
- motivier! imperative singular
- motiviert! imperative plural
- motiviert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce motivieren?
- /motiˈviːʁən/
- [motiˈviːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to motivieren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is motivieren in German?
motivieren appears 5.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).