Øjeblikket

Øjeblikket is a Danish noun that means “the moment” or “the present moment.” It is the definite singular form of øjeblik, which denotes a short period of time and can refer to a specific point in time or to immediacy and significance in a situation.

Etymology: Øjeblik is a compound of øje (eye) and blik (blink, glance). The combination evokes the brief duration of a blink, roughly the length of a moment. The definite form -ket yields øjeblikket, “the moment.”

Grammatik: The indefinite singular form is et øjeblik (“a moment”), the plural is øjeblikke (“moments”), and the definite plural is øjeblikkene (“the moments”). The word behaves like a common Danish noun with a standard definite-form suffix.

Brug: In everyday Danish, i øjeblikket means “at the moment” or “currently.” Other common phrases include i dette øjeblik and på dette øjeblik. The term appears across journalism, literature and speech to anchor time references, and it can be used literally to denote a precise point in time or more figuratively to highlight a critical or memorable moment.