nowadays
[ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz]
The verdict
“nowadays” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt, heutzutage
Corpus desk
Index DE-nowadays · nowadays · German
nowadays · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "N" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nowadays |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „nowadays“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
nowadays is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈnaʊəˌdeɪz]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nowadays appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nowadays people are rarely shocked by the sex they see on television.
Nowadays our wine is not concentrated and diluting has no relevance to us.
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.