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German
Etymology
From Middle High German hiute, from Old High German hiutu, hiuto (“today”), a contraction of hiu tagu (literally “(on) this day”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (from *hiz+*dagaz (“on this day”)); similar to other constructions in Old High German (e.g. hiuro < *hiu jāru (“(in) this year”), see Heuer).
Cognates
Cognate with
Old Dutch hiudo (>
Dutch heden (“today”)),
Old Saxon hiudu,
hūdigu,
hōdigo (>
Middle Low German hüde,
hüdene (“today”)),
Old Frisian hiōda,
Old Frisian hiūdega (>
West Frisian hjoed (“today”)),
Old English hēodæġ (“today”). Compare also
Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 (himma daga,
“(on) this day”),
Latin hodie (“today”, literally
“on this day”), from
hōc diē (literally
“on this day”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Heute n (strong, genitive Heute, no plural)
- today
Declension
See also
Further reading
- “Heute” in Duden online
- “Heute” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache