heut

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔʏ̯t/

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Adverb

heut

1. (colloquial or poetic) Alternative form of heute

Usage notes

• The form is obsolete in formal prose, but compare heutzutage.
• In the vernacular, heut is generally preferred in southern Germany and Austria, whereas in northern and central Germany it is chiefly used only when lacking sentence stress. For example, one would typically say heut Mórgen ("this morning", not afternoon or night), but héute Morgen ("this morning", not another day).

Further reading

• “heut” in Duden online

Old French

Etymology

Frankish *hilt, from Proto-Germanic *heltą. Cognate with Old English (and Modern English) hilt.

Noun

heut oblique singular, m (oblique plural heuz or heutz, nominative singular heuz or heutz, nominative plural heut)

1. hilt (handle of a sword)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (helt)