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How to Say ‘Later today’ in German

Heute noch

hoin-te nokh

[hoin-te nokh]

💬 Usage Tip: Adding noch after a time word means "before that time is over". So heute noch is "sometime today, no later", and diese Woche noch is "before the week is out".

Phrase Breakdown

Heute

[hoin-te]

today

On this present day.

Example

Heute zieh' ich zum letzten Mal um.

Today I am moving for the last time.

noch

[nokh]

still (this very day)

With a time word, 'noch' stresses that something happens before that time ends.

Example

Ich rufe heute noch an.

I'll call later today.

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