ögonblick

== Swedish == === Etymology === Calque of Middle Low German ōgenblik, equivalent to ögon +‎ blick. Of same origin as Icelandic augnablik, Norwegian Nynorsk augneblikk and Danish øjeblik, whence Norwegian Bokmål øyeblikk. Compare also Dutch ogenblik, German Augenblick, Yiddish אויגנבליק (oygnblik), English eyeblink. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ögonblick n (idiomatic) a moment, an instant, a blink of an eye (very brief period of time) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “ögonblick”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) ögonblick in Walter E. Harlock, Svensk-engelsk ordbok : skolupplaga (1964)