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German
Etymology
Literally, “in eight days”, including the current day in the count (which is otherwise not done in German).
Adverb
in acht Tagen
- (idiomatic) in a week; next week
- heute in acht Tagen ― a week from today; next week on the same weekday
- morgen in acht Tagen ― a week from tomorrow
- Donnerstag in acht Tagen ― next Thursday; Thursday of the following week
- Stichtag für den großen Preis, Samstag in acht Tagen - Deadline for the Große-Preis-Lottery, eight days from next Saturday
- (non-idiomatic) in eight days; in 8 x 24 hours
Usage notes
- The idiomatic sense is now found chiefly after gestern, heute, morgen, übermorgen, and days of the week. When used on its own, in acht Tagen is ambiguous. Many will tend to interpret it in the non-idiomatic sense these days, though this also depends on the context.
- As seen from the examples, the exact number of intermediate days is not fixed. The phrase simply means that there is one entire week in between.
- Note that the same day next week may be referred as 8 days instead of 7, while the same day in 2 weeks is referred as 14 days.
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