hjoed

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hiōda, hiūdega. A contraction of the instrumental phrase *hiū dega (“this day”), from Proto-Germanic *hiz (from which also hy) + *dagaz (from which dei).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juə̯t/

Adverb

hjoed

1. today

Derived terms

• hjoeddeisk

Further reading

• “hjoed”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011