now

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Present; current.
2. (informal, not-comparable) Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
3. (archaic, not-comparable) At the time the will is written. Used in order to prevent any inheritance from being transferred to a person of a future marriage. Does not indicate the existence of a previous marriage.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) At the present time.
2. (not-comparable) Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
3. (not-comparable) Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
4. (not-comparable) At the time reached within a narration.
5. (not-comparable) Used to indicate a context of urgency.
6. (informal, not-comparable) At the present point of a recurring cycle or event.
7. (not-comparable, obsolete) Very recently; not long ago; up to the present.
8. (not-comparable) Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before.
9. (not-comparable) Sometimes; occasionally; used to list a series of often assumed states.

Conj

Since, because, in light of the fact.

Intj

Indicates a signal to begin.

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) The present time.
2. (often, uncountable, usually) The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
3. (countable, usually) A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.

Verb

Misspelling of know.

Concepten

nu

nou

thans

komaan

welnu

wel

tja

enfin

tegenwoordig

welaan

ziedaar

alras

ziezo

als

alsjeblieft

alstublieft

heden

hier

hierzo

kijk

vandaag

voortaan

Synoniemen

at present

today

nowadays

immediately

at this time

currently

then

presently

well

already

present time

present

here

right now

at this moment

at once

this time

so

present moment

just now

soon

🔜

right away

these days

this

current

yet

forthwith

for the present

instantly

just

directly

current time

recently

well then

this moment

at the moment

straightaway

𐑌𐐵

hurry

but

again

🔁

from now on

thereupon

at the present time

straight off

first

1st

in these days

like a shot

still

appear

Vertalingen

maintenant

jetzt

ahora

adesso

nun

ora

agora

ara

τώρα

nunc

şimdi

augenblicklich

ya

actuellement

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/naʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: now

Overgenomen van Oudengels: nū

Verwant aan Schots: noo

Verwant aan Saterfries: nu

Verwant aan Fries: no

Verwant aan Nederlands: nu

Verwant aan Duits: nu

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: nå

Verwant aan Noors - Nynorsk: no

Verwant aan Zweeds: -

Verwant aan Deens: nu

Verwant aan IJslands: nú

Verwant aan Latijn: num

Verwant aan Latijn: nunc

Verwant aan Albanees: ni

Verwant aan Litouws: nù

Verwant aan Avestisch: 𐬥𐬏

Verwant aan Sanskriet: नु

In summary

From Middle English now, nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu, from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?").
Cognates
Cognate with Scots noo, nou, now (“now”), Yola neow, now, nowe (“now”), North Frisian nü (“now”), Saterland Frisian nu (“now”), West Frisian no (“now”), Dutch nu, nou (“now”), German nu, nun (“now”), Limburgish noe, Nuu (“now”), Danish, Swedish nu (“now”), Elfdalian nų (“now”), Faroese nú, núgv (“now”), Icelandic nú, núna (“now”), Norwegian Bokmål nu, nå (“now”), Norwegian Nynorsk no, nu, nå (“now”), Gothic 𐌽𐌿 (nu, “now”), Latin num (“even now, whether”), Latin nunc (“now”), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Sanskrit नु (nu, “now”).

Zinnen

Now what do you say ?

Wat zeg je nu?

It was now near midnight .

Het was nu bijna middernacht.

Is it raining right now ?

Regent het nu?

This investigation is now compromised .

Dit onderzoek is nu aangetast.

To send it now in large amounts is bad .

Het is slecht om het nu in grote hoeveelheden te verzenden.

Now he was here not with his flock , but with a shovel .

Nu was hij hier niet met zijn kudde, maar met een schop.