Neuter
Bedeutung (Englisch)

today

Synonyme

Frequenz

A1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈhɔɪ̯tə/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu, hiuto (“today”), a contraction of hiu tagu (literally “(on) this day”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (from *hiz+*dagaz (“on this day”)); similar to other constructions in Old High German (e.g. hiuro < *hiu jāru (“(in) this year”), see Heuer). Cognates Cognate with Old Dutch hiudo (> Dutch heden (“today”)), Old Saxon hiudu, hūdigu, hōdigo (> Middle Low German hüde, hüdene (“today”)), Old Frisian hiōda, Old Frisian hiūdega (> West Frisian hjoed (“today”)), Old English hēodæġ (“today”). Compare also Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 (himma daga, “(on) this day”), Latin hodie (“today”, literally “on this day”), from hōc diē (literally “on this day”).

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