in acht Tagen

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German

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Etymology

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Literally, in eight days, including the current day in the count (which is otherwise not done in German).

Adverb

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in acht Tagen

  1. (idiomatic) in a week; next week
    heute in acht Tagena week from today; next week on the same weekday
    morgen in acht Tagena week from tomorrow
    Donnerstag in acht Tagennext 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
  2. (non-idiomatic) in eight days; in 8 x 24 hours

Usage notes

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  • 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.

Synonyms

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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