Moment

See also: moment

English

Etymology

Unexplained English surname.

Proper noun

Moment (plural Moments)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moment is the 36477^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 613 individuals. Moment is most common among Black/African American (83.52%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moment”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 608.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈmɛnt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Etymology 1

From Latin momentum.

Noun

Moment m (strong, genitive Momentes or Moments, plural Momente, diminutive Momentchen n)

1. moment

   Synonym: Augenblick

Declension

Declension of Moment [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Moment	die	Momente
genitive	eines	des	Momentes, Moments	der	Momente
dative	einem	dem	Moment, Momente1	den	Momenten
accusative	einen	den	Moment	die	Momente

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• im Moment

Etymology 2

Noun

Moment n (strong, genitive Momentes or Moments, plural Momente)

1. (physics) momentum

Declension

Declension of Moment [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Moment	die	Momente
genitive	eines	des	Momentes, Moments	der	Momente
dative	einem	dem	Moment, Momente1	den	Momenten
accusative	ein	das	Moment	die	Momente

¹Now rare, see notes.

See also

• Augenblick

Further reading

• “Moment (masculine)” in Duden online
• “Moment (neuter)” in Duden online
• “Moment”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)