heute
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See also: Heute
Alternative forms
- (Rémois) ute
Etymology
Inherited from Old French uit, from Latin octō.
Pronunciation
Numeral
heute
- (Troyen, Langrois) eight
References
Alternative forms
- heut (colloquial or poetic)
- heut'
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”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
heute
Usage notes
- Often used where English would use this. German heute früh, heute morgen, heute abend, heute nacht, or heute Morgen, heute Abend, heute Nacht, etc., are used in order to specify a part of the current day (cf. English this morning, this afternoon, etc.).
Derived terms
See also
| −3 | −2 | −1 | today | +1 | +2 | +3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vor drei Tagen, vorvorgestern, ehevorgestern | vorgestern | gestern | heute | morgen | übermorgen | in drei Tagen, überübermorgen |
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