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German
Etymology
Univerbation of heute + zu + Tage.
Pronunciation
Adverb
heutzutage
- nowadays, these days (in the present era; in the world as it is today)
Usage notes
Unlike English "nowadays" or "these days", German heutzutage does not also carry the sense of "recently"/"lately", i.e. it is not used to describe recent developments or recently adopted habits as in: "He's grumpy these days." For that sense, use in letzter Zeit or a construct of that sort.
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