motiviertes

Motiviertes is the neuter singular attributive form of the German adjective motiviert, meaning “motivated.” It is used before neuter nouns when the determiner does not indicate the gender and case in a way that triggers other endings, or when no determiner is present. In practice, you often see it in phrases such as ein motiviertes Kind or motiviertes Verhalten.

Grammatical usage and endings can be subtle in German. For neuter singular, the form motiviertes appears after an indefinite article or with no article (strong/mixed endings): ein motiviertes Kind, motiviertes Verhalten, or similar bare noun phrases. When a definite article is used, the ending changes to motivierte: das motivierte Kind, das motivierte Verhalten. The distinction is one of article type and case marking, not a change in the root meaning.

Common contexts and examples include office or school settings and everyday descriptions of motivation: Ein motiviertes Team arbeitet effizient. Das motivierte Team gewann das Spiel. Die motivierte Schülerin zeigte großes Engagement. The word is commonly paired with adverbs such as hoch (highly): hoch motiviertes Team.

Etymology and meaning: motiviertes derives from motivieren, meaning to motivate, and from Motivation as the related noun. It describes something characterized by or displaying motivation. In usage, it is interchangeable with motiviert in predicative positions (for example, das Team ist motiviert) but differs in attributive, pre-nominal position as an adjective before a noun.