momentan
German, adjective[momɛnˈtaːn]
momentan is spelled M-O-M-E-N-T-A-N (8 letters) and appears 38 times per million words in written German, the 2,204th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Momentan is a German adjective meaning “current” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in diesem Moment, jetzt”.
What does momentan mean in English?
adjective
- 1
current
- 2
present
adverb
- 1
at the moment
- 2
currently
- 3
for the time being
- 4
just now
- 5
presently
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in diesem Moment, jetzt
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 momentan
- momentaner masculine nominative singular
- momentane feminine nominative singular
- momentanes neuter nominative singular
- momentanen genitive masculine singular
- momentanem dative masculine singular
- der momentane definite includes-article masculine
- die momentane definite feminine includes-article
- das momentane definite includes-article neuter
- die momentanen definite includes-article nominative
- des momentanen definite genitive includes-article
- der momentanen definite feminine genitive
- dem momentanen dative definite includes-article
- den momentanen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce momentan?
- [momɛnˈtaːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to momentan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is momentan in German?
momentan appears 38 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).