heute

== Champenois == === Alternative forms === (Rémois) ute === Etymology === Inherited from Old French uit, from Latin octō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /œt/ === Numeral === heute (Troyen, Langrois) eight === References === 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 == === Alternative forms === heut (colloquial or poetic) heut' haid (old Bavaria (southeastern Bavaria), Austria) === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /ˈhɔʏ̯tə/ Homophones: häute, Häute === Adverb === heute today ==== Usage notes ==== Often used where English would use this. German heute früh, heute morgen, heute abend, heute nacht, or heute Morgen, heute Abend, heute Nacht, etc., are used in order to specify a part of the current day (cf. English this morning, this afternoon, etc). ==== Derived terms ==== heutig heutzutage ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “heute” in Duden online “heute” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache