hautdesdaags

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Univerbation of haut (“today”) +‎ des (archaic genitive article) +‎ Dag (“day”) +‎ -s (archaic genitive suffix), thus literally “today of the day”. Compare German heutzutage, Dutch vandaag de dag, English nowadays, French au jour d'aujourd'hui.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhau̯t(d)esˌdaːχs/, [ˈhɑʊ̯.təsˌdaːχs], [ˈhɑʊ̯t.dəs-]

Adverb

hautdesdaags

  1. nowadays
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