heute
See also: Heute
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu, a contraction of earlier *hiu tagu, from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (“on this day”, from *hiz + dagaz). Cognate with Old English hēodæġ (“today”) and Dutch heden (“today”). Compare German heuer from hiu (“in this”) + jāru (“year”).
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
heute
Usage notesEdit
- Often used where English would use this. German heute früh, heute morgen, heute abend, heute nacht, or heute Morgen, heute Abend, heute Nacht, etc., are used in order to specify a part of the current day (cf. English this morning, this afternoon, etc.).
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
-3 | -2 | -1 | today | +1 | +2 | +3 |
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vor drei Tagen, vorvorgestern, ehevorgestern |
vorgestern | gestern | heute | morgen | übermorgen |
in drei Tagen, überübermorgen |