No. 7,901 in German
heute
Today.
In a sentence
Heute ist das Wetter sehr schön.
Today the weather is very nice.
'Heute' is used as an adverb to indicate the timeframe of today in relation to the described events.
Ich habe heute Morgen gefrühstückt.
I had breakfast this morning.
'Heute' specifies the temporal grounding of 'Morgen' to today in the provided temporal phrase.
Wir besprechen heute das neue Projekt.
We are discussing the new project today.
'Heute' sets the time of discussion, emphasizing the present day's activity.
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