German noun, masculine · CEFR A1

der Moment

Meaning in English: moment

Rank 1,284 of 5,000noun · derLevel A12 forms in the list

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Example

Einen Moment bitte, ich verbinde Sie.

One moment please, I'll put you through.

Der, die or das?

Moment is masculine: der Moment. Careful: it is an exception. Nouns ending in -ment are usually das (6 of 7 in the list). How to tell the gender from the ending.

Forms of Moment in the top 5,000

These forms of Moment are in the top 5,000 as well — plural and case forms are counted separately:

Momente#4,157
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Es gibt Momente, die man nie vergisst.
There are moments you never forget.

How common is Moment?

Moment is number 1,284 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 71 times per million words — about once every 14,000 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 1,280privatenprivate
  2. 1,281feiernto celebrate, to party
  3. 1,282Augeneyes
  4. 1,283die Listelist
  5. 1,284der Momentmoment
  6. 1,285schnellerfaster, quicker
  7. 1,286Funktionenfunctions, features
  8. 1,287livelive
  9. 1,288tretento step, to kick

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