jetzt

Meaning

  1. now (at this moment, right now)
  2. now, then (expressing a logical or temporal consequence)
  3. now (unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis)

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/jɛtst/
Etymology

From Middle High German iez, ieze, iezū, iezō, iezuo, from Old High German iozuo (“straightaway, at once; further”), equivalent to je + zu. Compare English yet, Yiddish יעצט (yetst).

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