heutzutage

German

Etymology

Univerbation of heute +‎ zu +‎ Tage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔʏ̯.tsuˌtaːɡə/

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Adverb

heutzutage

1. nowadays, these days (in the present era; in the world as it is today)

Usage notes

Unlike English "nowadays" or "these days", German heutzutage does not also carry the sense of "recently"/"lately", i.e. it is not used to describe recent developments or recently adopted habits as in: "He's grumpy these days." For that sense, use in letzter Zeit or a construct of that sort.

Further reading

• “heutzutage” in Duden online
• “heutzutage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache