Motivischen

Motivischen is the inflected form of the German adjective motivisch. It describes something related to a motif or motive, and in some contexts to motivation, depending on how it is used in a sentence. As an attributive adjective, motivischen appears with endings that follow German grammar for case, gender, and article. For example: die motivischen Motive (plural, nominative/accusative after a definite article) or mit der motivischen Idee (dative, feminine singular after a definite article).

In use, motivisch is most common in musicology, literary analysis, and related fields. It denotes material that is organized around or derived from a motif, such as das motivische Material (motivic material) or motivische Variation (motivic variation). The sense is closely tied to motif theory in art and composition, where a motif serves as a recurring musical, thematic, or visual cell.

The sense relating to motivation exists but is less common in everyday German. In many contexts scientists and writers prefer forms like motiviert (motivated) or Motivation (motivation) or motivationsbezogen (motivationally related) rather than the adjectival form motivisch. When motivisch is used in this broader sense, it typically appears in technical or philosophical discussions about factors that drive action or reason.

Overall, motivischen is a grammatical form used to describe motif- or motive-related qualities, especially in analyses of art, music, and literature, while its motivational sense is rarer and usually expressed with other terms.