heutzutage

German

Etymology

Univerbation of heute zu Tage.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɔʏ̯.tsuˌtaːɡə/
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Adverb

heutzutage

nowadays, these days (in the present era; in the world as it is today)

Usage notes

Unlike English "nowadays" or "these days", German heutzutage does not also carry the sense of "recently"/"lately", i.e. it is not used to describe recent developments or recently adopted habits as in: "He's grumpy these days." For that sense, use in letzter Zeit or a construct of that sort.