hjoed

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hiōda, hiūdega. A contraction of the instrumental phrase *hiū dega (“this day”), from Proto-Germanic *hiz (from which also hy) + *dagaz (from which dei).

Cognate with Old English hēodæg, Old Saxon hiudu, hūdigu, Dutch heden (also huidig), German heute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /juət/

Adverb

hjoed

  1. today
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