Augenblick
German, noun/ˈaʊɡənblɪk/
Augenblick is spelled A-U-G-E-N-B-L-I-C-K (10 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Augenblick is a German masculine noun meaning “moment, instant, blink of an eye (very short period of time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurze Dauer, Moment”.
What does Augenblick mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoment, instant, blink of an eye (very short period of time)
einen Augenblick bitte
interjection
- 1
one second!, one moment!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurze Dauer, Moment
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Augenblick
- Augenblicks genitive
- Augenblickes genitive
- Augenblicke plural
- Augenblickchen diminutive neuter
- Augenblicken dative definite plural
- Augenblick! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Augenblick?
- /ˈaʊɡənblɪk/
- /aʊɡənˈblɪk/
- [ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌblɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Augenblick
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Augenblick in German?
Augenblick appears 30 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).