momentan

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin mōmentāneus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

momentan

  1. momentary

Inflection

Inflection of momentan
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular momentan — —2
Indefinite neuter singular momentant — —2
Plural momentane — —2
Definite attributive1 momentane — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Esperanto

Adjective

momentan

  1. accusative singular of momenta

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōmentāneus (“momentary”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mo‧men‧tan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Adjective

momentan (strong nominative masculine singular momentaner, not comparable)

  1. current
  2. present

Declension

Positive forms of momentan (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist momentan sie ist momentan es ist momentan sie sind momentan
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative momentaner momentane momentanes momentane
genitive momentanen momentaner momentanen momentaner
dative momentanem momentaner momentanem momentanen
accusative momentanen momentane momentanes momentane
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der momentane die momentane das momentane die momentanen
genitive des momentanen der momentanen des momentanen der momentanen
dative dem momentanen der momentanen dem momentanen den momentanen
accusative den momentanen die momentane das momentane die momentanen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein momentaner eine momentane ein momentanes (keine) momentanen
genitive eines momentanen einer momentanen eines momentanen (keiner) momentanen
dative einem momentanen einer momentanen einem momentanen (keinen) momentanen
accusative einen momentanen eine momentane ein momentanes (keine) momentanen

Adverb

momentan

  1. at the moment
  2. currently
  3. for the time being
  4. just now
  5. presently

Further reading

  • “momentan” in Duden online
  • “momentan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Adjective

momentan (masculine momentanen, neuter momentaant, not comparable)

  1. current, present

Adverb

momentan

  1. currently, presently
  2. at the moment

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin momentaneus or Italian momentaneo or French momentané or German momentan.

Adjective

momentan m or n (feminine singular momentană, masculine plural momentani, feminine and neuter plural momentane)

  1. temporary
  2. current

Declension

Declension of momentan
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite momentan momentană momentani momentane
definite momentanul momentana momentanii momentanele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite momentan momentane momentani momentane
definite momentanului momentanei momentanilor momentanelor

Swedish

Adjective

momentan (not comparable)

  1. lasting only a short while; momentary
    en momentan fred
    a momentary peace
  2. instantaneous

Declension

Inflection of momentan
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular momentan momentanare momentanast
Neuter singular momentant momentanare momentanast
Plural momentana momentanare momentanast
Masculine plural3 momentane momentanare momentanast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 momentane momentanare momentanaste
All momentana momentanare momentanaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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References

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