How to Say ‘Recently / lately’ in German
In letzter Zeit
in LEHTS-ter tsite
[in LEHTS-ter tsite]
Phrase Breakdown
In
[in]
in
A preposition meaning 'in'; here it starts a time expression.
In letzter Zeit war es sehr stressig.
Lately it has been very stressful.
letzter
[LEHTS-ter]
last; recent
Here it is the inflected form of 'letzt' in the phrase 'in letzter Zeit,' meaning 'lately' or 'recently.'
In letzter Zeit sehen wir uns selten.
Lately we see each other rarely.
Zeit
[tsite]
time
A noun meaning 'time'; in the phrase 'in letzter Zeit' it means 'in recent times' or 'lately.'
In letzter Zeit hatten wir viel Besuch.
Lately we have had a lot of visitors.
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