How to Say ‘This evening’ in German
Heute Abend
HOY-teh AH-bent
[HOY-teh AH-bent]
💬 Usage Tip: Heute means today, Abend means evening. German often combines time words into compact phrases.
🇩🇪 In Germany: Useful when explaining that the problem is happening tonight, not every night.
Phrase Breakdown
Heute
[HOY-teh]
today
Refers to the current day.
Heute ist es im Hotel besonders voll.
Today the hotel is especially full.
Abend
[AH-bent]
evening
The time later in the day, often when noise complaints happen in hotels.
Heute Abend ist es im Nachbarzimmer sehr laut.
This evening it is very loud in the neighboring room.
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