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See also: Jetzt
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- itz, itzt, izt, itzo, ietzo, itzund, jtzt, jezt, jetzund, jetzunder, jetzo, ytzt, yetzt (archaic, regional, or obsolete)
- jez, jetz, jz, jzt (internet and text-message slang)
- jetze (regional, colloquial)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German iez, ieze, iezū, iezō, iezuo, from Old High German iozuo (“straightaway, at once; further”), equivalent to je + zu. Compare English yet, Yiddish יעצט (yetst).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /jɛtst/ (official standard)
- IPA(key): /jɛts/ (usually before a consonant; colloquially in all positions)
Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Berlin): (file) Audio (Austria): (file)
Adverb
[edit]jetzt
- now (at this moment, right now)
- Ich bin jetzt da. ― I’m here now.
- Jetzt gibt es sowas gar nicht mehr. ― Such things don’t exist anymore now.
- Jetzt gab es ein lautes Geräusch. ― Just then there was a loud noise.
- now, then (expressing a logical or temporal consequence)
- Synonym: nun
- Wir haben abgewaschen, jetzt müssen wir noch abtrocknen.
- We've washed up, now we must dry [the dishes].
- Was bedeuten jetzt die geschilderten Entwicklungen für unser Land?
- Now what do the aforementioned developments mean for our country?
- now (unstressed and expletive, used for minor emphasis)
- Synonym: nun
- Was soll das jetzt heißen?
- What's that supposed to mean now?
Further reading
[edit]- “jetzt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “jetzt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
jetzt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “jetzt (Partikel)” in Duden online
- “jetzt (Adverb)” in Duden online
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