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German

Etymology

From Middle High German ougenblick (“quick glance”), corresponding to Auge (“eye”) +‎ -n- +‎ Blick (“glance”). Cognate to Yiddish אויגנבליק (oygnblik), Luxembourgish Abléck, Dutch ogenblik, Danish øjeblik, Swedish ögonblick, Norwegian øyeblikk, Icelandic augnablik. Compare English eyeblink or blink of an eye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊɡənblɪk/, /aʊɡənˈblɪk/
  • Both ways of stress are common and are used depending on the rhythm of the phrase. The interjection virtually always has final stress.
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  • Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

Augenblick m (strong, genitive Augenblickes or Augenblicks, plural Augenblicke, diminutive Augenblickchen n)

  1. moment, instant, blink of an eye (very short period of time)
    Synonym: Moment

Declension

Declension of Augenblick
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Augenblick die Augenblicke
genitive eines des Augenblickes, Augenblicks der Augenblicke
dative einem dem Augenblick, Augenblicke1 den Augenblicken
accusative einen den Augenblick die Augenblicke

1Now rare, see notes.

Interjection

Augenblick!

  1. one second!, one moment!

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