mom
German, interjection
mom is spelled M-O-M (3 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written German, the 10,637th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mom is a German interjection meaning “gimme a sec, hold on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Mom is a different word: “mom”.
What does mom mean in English?
interjection
- 1
gimme a sec, hold on
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. ein Moment; warte mal kurz
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 mom
- Moms plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to mom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mom in German?
mom appears 6.0 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).