Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #88
Word (Wort)

jetzt

Translation (Übersetzung) now
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /jɛtst/
A1
Adverbs
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common adverb present time
Adverb meaning 'now'. Indicates the present moment. Eighty-eighth most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich gehe jetzt.
I'm going now.
present moment
Jetzt ist es Zeit.
Now it's time.
temporal
Bis jetzt war alles gut.
Until now everything was good.
time up to present
Jetzt sofort!
Right now!
immediate action

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
jetzt sofort
right now, immediately
High frequency
bis jetzt
until now, so far
High frequency
jetzt gerade
right now, just now
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
bis jetzt
until now, so far
Expressing time up to the present
jetzt gleich
right away, immediately
Expressing immediate action
Synonyms (Synonyme)
gerade High similarity
Right now, just now (emphasizing current moment)
nun High similarity
Now (more formal or literary)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
dann
Then (future time)
früher
Earlier, before (past time)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

gerade nun dann Adverb

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