künftig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kümftec, Old High German kumftīg,[1] akin to kommen (to come).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏnftɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏnftɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: künf‧tig

Adjective

künftig (strong nominative masculine singular künftiger, not comparable)

  1. future

Declension

Adverb

künftig

  1. henceforth, in the future
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 23/2010, page 31:
      Betreiber von Atomkraftwerken müssen künftig eine neue Brennelementesteuer entrichten. Im Gegenzug werden die Laufzeiten der Meiler verlängert.
      Operators of nuclear power plants have to pay a new tax on fuel rods in the future. In return the operating lives of the reactors will be extended.

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “künftig”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • künftig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • künftig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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