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heute

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Champenois

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French uit, from Latin octō.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /œt/

Numeral

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heute

  1. (Troyen, Langrois) eight

References

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  • Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
  • Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux[2] (in French), Troyes

German

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Alternative forms

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  • heut (colloquial or poetic)
  • heut'
  • haid (old Bavaria (southeastern Bavaria), Austria)

Etymology

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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

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Adverb

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heute

  1. today
    Heute ist Montag
    Today is monday
    Heute gibt es keine Schule
    Today there is no school
    Das war heute und nicht gestern?
    That was today and not yesterday?

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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See also

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−3 −2 −1 today +1 +2 +3
vor drei Tagen,
vorvorgestern,
ehevorgestern
vorgestern gestern heute morgen übermorgen
in drei Tagen,
überübermorgen

Further reading

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  • heute” in Duden online
  • heute” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache