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German · Pronunciation Guide
How do you pronounce "der Moment" in German?
dair mo-MENT. The stress is on the second syllable and the final t is crisply released.
Emphasis lands on -MENT, following the Latin pattern. There is also a gender curiosity attached: der Moment is an instant in time, while das Moment is a factor or element in an argument — same sounds, same stress, and only the article separating two quite different meanings.
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Warte einen Moment!
Wait a moment!
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Warte einen Moment! is an imperative with the -e ending kept on warte, and einen marks Moment as masculine accusative. The exclamation is a set phrase, and its rhythm — light, light, LOUD — is the opposite of what German usually does.
Where English speakers slip
English moment is front-stressed and finishes on a reduced syllable; German is back-stressed and finishes on a full vowel plus a released t. Learners produce 'MO-ment' almost universally. Move the beat to the back and release that final t rather than swallowing it.