now
Present; currentPresent; current.
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» You must go to bed now.
Du musst jetzt ins Bett gehen. — Kuraimegami
Ти маєш зараз іти до ліжка. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(not comparable)Present; current.
jetzig
(informal, not comparable)Fashionable; popular; up to date; current.
I think this band's sound is very now.
Examples
21359 sentencesYou must go to bed now.
Ти маєш зараз іти до ліжка. — deniko
deDu musst jetzt ins Bett gehen. — Kuraimegami
I guess we should leave now.
Думаю, нам треба зараз піти. — deniko
deIch schätze, wir sollten jetzt gehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I have got to go now.
Зараз мені треба йти. — shanghainese
ruЯ должна сейчас уйти. — kotoenok15
deIch muss jetzt gehen. — MUIRIEL
Let's turn and go back now.
Давай зараз розвернемося і підемо назад. — deniko
deLass uns jetzt umkehren! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
May I do it right now?
Можна я зроблю це прямо зараз? — ChickenKiev
ruМожно я сделаю это прямо сейчас? — Hellerick
deKann ich es gleich machen? — Tamy
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from ProtoFrom Middle English nou, nu, from Old English nū, from Proto-West Germanic *nū, from Proto-Germanic *nu (“now”), from Proto-Indo-European *nū (“now”). Doublet of nu ("well?").
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Word family
1 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- right now
- that right now
- do that now
- doing that now
- busy right now
- from now on
- better better now
- go home now
- eating right now
- home now
- leave now
- now and then
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.