Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

hüt

Fribourg

Fribourg

hüt

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hit

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hitte

Zürich

Zürich

hut

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

hüt

Zürich

Zürich

hütt

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

Appenzell Ausserrhoden

hüt

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɔʏ̯tə/
Etymology

In summary

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”).

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