nowadays
[ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz]
The verdict
“nowadays” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, heutzutage
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nowadays |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nowadays” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for nowadays is 8 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, heutzutage".
No misspelling variants are generated for nowadays in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is nowadays, spelled N-O-W-A-D-A-Y-S.
Definition
- 1zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, heutzutage
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “nowadays”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is N-O-W-A-D-A-Y-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.