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German
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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
- today
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.).
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Further reading
- “heute” in Duden online
- “heute” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache