heute
Meaning
today
Concepts
today
nowadays
now
these days
lately
recently
this day
then
immediately
just
to-day
at present
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɔʏ̯tə/
Etymology
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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Sentences
Die Weinschorle hat mich heute positiv inspiriert .
The wine spritzer has inspired me positively today.
Heute Nacht 🌃 , beziehungsweise heute Morgen hatte ich einen Traum 😴💭 von meinem ehemaligen Lieblingslehrer.
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😴💭
Tonight, or this morning, I had a dream about my former favorite teacher.