moment Dutch · revision 37310

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1400–20, Middle Dutch|origins=la moveō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /moːˈmɛnt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''moment''' ''n'' (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|dum|moment]], borrowed partly through [[fr|moment|t=moment]] (1119) from [[la|mōmentum|t=movement; moment; weight]].^(EWN)^(Wiktionary)^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997) The Latin noun is a derivative of the verb [[la|moveō|t=to move]], and Van Veen and Van der Sijs explain it as contracted from ⟨movimentum⟩, what gives the impulse, so a decisive instant.^(EWN)^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997) The Dutch stress and the pronunciation of ⟨-ment⟩ follow the Latin word or older Dutch words in ⟨-ment⟩.^(Franck & Van Wijk 1912)^(WNT) The word [[motor]] has the same Latin source.^(EWN)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Middle Dutch ''eenen corten momente'', “a short while”, is found in 1400–20, and in 1437 ''een moment of een oghenblic'', “a moment or a twinkling of an eye”.^(EWN) Van der Sijs dates the word to 1485.^(Van der Sijs 2001)^(Van Veen & Van der Sijs 1997)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal calls the word common in everyday language from the 17th century on: in 1658 a fleet of the States could be ''in één moment'' in the Sound.^(WNT) The sense “moment of force” in mechanics was taken separately from Latin ''momentum'', as in French.^(WNT) The word is neuter, but masculine in the south.^(WNT)

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+ Dutch gave the word to Indonesian ''momén'' and Sranan ''momenti''.^(Van der Sijs 2010) The phrase ''op een gegeven moment'' “at a given moment”, made famous by Johan Cruijff, was translated into Spanish as ''en un momento dado''.^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1400–20 – Middle Dutch ''eenen corten momente'' “a short while”.^(EWN)

+ * 1437 – ''Een moment of een oghenblic''.^(EWN)

+ * 1485 – The word in Van der Sijs's dating.^(Van der Sijs 2001)

+ * 1658 – ''In één moment'' of a fleet's swift arrival.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A point in time: ''op dat moment ging de bel''.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WikiWoordenboek)

+ # A very short time: ''heb je een momentje?''.^(Van Dale 2014)^(ANW)^(Wiktionary)

+ # (physics) A [[m|en|moment]] of force, the product of certain forces and vectors.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[impulsmoment]]

+ * [[Kodakmoment]]

+ * [[krachtmoment]]

+ * [[momenteel]]

+ * [[momentopname]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[motor]]

+ * [[en|moment]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ ''Bij momenten'' means “now and then”, and ''een helder moment'' is a brief return to clear thinking or a good idea.^(Van Dale 2014)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}