German adverb · CEFR B1
heutzutage
Meaning in English: nowadays
Example
Heutzutage hat fast jeder ein Smartphone.
Nowadays almost everyone has a smartphone.
How common is heutzutage?
heutzutage is number 4,126 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 20 times per million words — about once every 50,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,122die Partyparty
- 4,123ausgebildettrained, qualified
- 4,124Gebäudesbuilding (genitive)
- 4,125die Stabilitätstability
- 4,126heutzutagenowadays
- 4,127Insekteninsects
- 4,128entsprechenderappropriate, corresponding
- 4,129die Heizungheating, radiator
- 4,130bedienento serve, to operate
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