hjoed

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hiōda, hiūdega. A contraction of the instrumental phrase *hiū dega (“this day”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (“on this day”), from *hiz (from which also hy) + *dagaz (from which dei). Cognate with Old English hēodæġ, Dutch heden, German Low German hüüt, German heute.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juə̯t/

Adverb

hjoed

1. today

   Hjoed wurke ik mei myn freon. ― I worked with my friend today.

Derived terms

• hjoeddeisk

Further reading

• “hjoed”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011