heuer

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German hiure, from Old High German hiuro, hiuru, from hiu (“in this”) +‎ jāru (“year”). Compare German heute from Old High German hiu tagu ("this day"). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔʏ̯ɐ/ Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯ɐ Homophone: Heuer === Adverb === heuer (Austria, South Tyrol, Bavaria, otherwise dialectal) this year Synonym: (the general form) dieses Jahr Coordinate term: fert ==== Usage notes ==== The word is never used in northern and central Germany. It may even—at least by less educated speakers—be misinterpreted as a synonym of heute (“today”). It does however occasionally mean heutzutage (“nowadays”) or heute (“nowadays”), for example: 1654, Salomons von Golaw Deutscher Sinn-Getichte Drey Tausend, Breslau, p. 210, nr. [8]71 Heutige Welt-Kunst: ==== Derived terms ==== heurig === Verb === heuer inflection of heuern: first-person singular present singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “heuer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “heuer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “heuer” in Duden online