tegenwoordig

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) present (in time), current
2. (archaic,not-comparable) physically present

Adv

nowadays, presently

Concepts

present

present-day

currently

nowadays

topical

up-to-date

at present

current

today

now

actual

these days

at the moment

presently

fashionable

topically

immediately

lately

nowaday

topic

at this moment in time

in due course

popularly

Etymology

From tegen (“against”) + worden (“to become”) + -ig (“-y”).

Sentences

Tegenwoordig is dat laatste een volledig ondenkbare praktijk , maar toch is het de realiteit .

It is incredible that this should be happening in this day and age, but it is.

De voorruit van een wagen is tegenwoordig altijd van veiligheidsglas gemaakt .

Nowadays, the windscreen of a car is always made of safety glass.

Vroeger hadden alle kantoren tl-lampen maar tegenwoordig wordt dit steeds vaker vervangen door ledverlichting.

In the past, all offices had fluorescent lamps, but nowadays this is increasingly being replaced by LED lighting.