Augenblick.
moment, instant, blink of an eye (very short period of time)
Meaning & usage
moment, instant, blink of an eye (very short period of time)
einen Augenblick bitte
im selben / gegenwärtigen / entscheidenden / allerletzten Augenblick
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ougenblic (12th c. as “glance, look”, ca. 1300 in temporal use). By surface analysis, Auge (“eye”) + -n- + Blick (“glance”). Compare Yiddish אויגנבליק (oygnblik), Luxembourgish Abléck, Dutch ogenblik, Middle Low German ôgenblick (whence Danish øjeblik etc.). Semantically cf. also English blink of an eye.
one second!, one moment!
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German ougenblic (12th c. as “glance, look”, ca. 1300 in temporal use). By surface analysis, Auge (“eye”) + -n- + Blick (“glance”). Compare Yiddish אויגנבליק (oygnblik), Luxembourgish Abléck, Dutch ogenblik, Middle Low German ôgenblick (whence Danish øjeblik etc.). Semantically cf. also English blink of an eye.
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