Augenblick

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.

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 [masculine, strong]

	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!

Further reading

• “Augenblick” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Augenblick” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Augenblick” in Duden online
• Augenblick on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de