nowadays

See also: now-a-days, now-adays, and now a days

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From now +‎ adays.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
Audio (US): (file)

Adverb

nowadays (not comparable)

At the present time; in the current era. [from 14th c.]
Cars nowadays are more efficient.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 152, column 2:
  Me-thinkes miſtreſſe, you ſhould haue little reaſon for that: and yet to ſay the truth, reaſon and loue keepe little company together, now-adayes.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Cowardize, the Mother of Crueltie”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 399:
  What is it that now adayes makes all our quarrells mortall?
- 1762, A[nton] F[riedrich] Busching, “Introduction to the Description of Germany”, in [Patrick Murdoch], transl., A New System of Geography: In Which Is Given, a General Account of the Situation and Limits, the Manners, History, and Constitution, of the Several Kingdoms and States in the Known World; […], volumes IV (Containing, Part of Germany, viz. Bohemia, Moravia, Lusatia, Austria, Burgundy, Westphalia, and the Circle of the Rhine), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar […], →OCLC, § 4, page 4:
  The appellation of Germany, is ſeldom uſed now-a-days any where but in the title of the Emperor and Elector of Mentz.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter VI, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC, page 50:
  And in his spare moments, of which there were not many nowadays, he would go alone to the quarry, collect a load of broken stone, and drag it down to the site of the windmill unassisted.
- 2012 June 11, Dick Vinegar, The Guardian:
  My favourite reading nowadays is Pulse, one of the house magazines for GPs.

Synonyms

(at the present time): currently, in this day and age, now, these days, today

Translations

at the present time

Assamese: আজিকালি (azikali)
Basque: gaur egun (eu)
Bulgarian: сега (bg) (sega), понастоящем (bg) (ponastojaštem)
Burmese: ယခု အချိန်တွင် (ya.hku.a.hkyintwang)
Catalan: actualment (ca), avui dia
Chinese:
Mandarin: 現在／现在 (zh) (xiànzài)
Danish: nu om stunder (da)
Dutch: heden (nl), momenteel (nl), nu (nl)
Finnish: nykyisin (fi), nykyään (fi)
French: actuellement (fr), de nos jours (fr), aujourd’hui (fr), présentement (fr) (Canada)
Galician: hoxe en día (gl), actualmente
Georgian: დღესდღეობით (dɣesdɣeobit), ამჟამად (amžamad)
German: gegenwärtig (de), zur Zeit (de), derzeitig (de), jetzt (de), zurzeit (de), momentan (de)
Hindi: आज कल (āj kal)
Hungarian: mostanában (hu), manapság (hu), napjainkban (hu)
Indonesian: sekarang ini, saat ini
Italian: oggidì (it), oggigiorno (it)
Japanese: 現在 (ja) (げんざい, genzai)
Korean: 요즘 (ko) (yojeum)
Marathi: आजकाल (ājkāl)
Navajo: dííshjį́
Persian: امروزه (fa) (emruze)
Polish: teraz (pl), obecnie (pl)
Portuguese: hoje em dia (pt), atualmente (pt), hoje (pt), agora (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਅੱਜਕੱਲ (ajjakalla), ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ (pa) (ajja kalla), ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (ajja kallh)

Shahmukhi: اَجّ کَلّ (ajj kall)
Russian: в на́ше вре́мя (v náše vrémja), тепе́рь (ru) (tepérʹ), в на́ши дни (v náši dni), сего́дня (ru) (sevódnja) (read: sevódnja)
Sanskrit: अद्य (sa) (adya)
Scottish Gaelic: an latha an-diugh
Slovak: dnes (sk)
Spanish: actualmente (es), ahora (es), hoy en día
Swedish: numera (sv), nu för tiden (sv), numer (sv)
Ukrainian: тепе́р (uk) (tepér), ни́ні (nýni)
Urdu: آج کل (ur) (āj kal)
Vietnamese: ngày nay (vi), đời nay, dạo này, hiện nay (vi)
West Frisian: hjoed de dei, hjoeddeis

in the current era

Bulgarian: в наши дни (v naši dni)
Catalan: avui dia, avui en dia
Chinese:
Mandarin: 現今／现今 (zh) (xiànjīn), 現在／现在 (zh) (xiànzài), 當今／当今 (zh) (dāngjīn)
Danish: nu til dags (da), nu om stunder (da)
Dutch: heden ten dage (nl), tegenwoordig (nl), ^{(please verify)} vandaag de dag, ^{(please verify)} dezer dagen
Esperanto: hodiaŭe
Finnish: nykyisin (fi), nykyään (fi), nykyaikana
French: de nos jours (fr)
Galician: hoxe en día (gl), actualmente
German: heutzutage (de), heute (de)
Alemannic German: hütigs Tags
Greek: στις μέρες μας (stis méres mas), επί των ημερών μας (epí ton imerón mas) (learned)
Hebrew: כיום (kayóm)
Hindi: आज कल (āj kal)
Hungarian: manapság (hu), napjainkban (hu)
Indonesian: sekarang (id), saat ini, pada masa kini
Italian: oggidì (it), oggigiorno (it)
Japanese: 現在 (ja) (げんざい, genzai), 現代では (gendai de wa), 現代においては (gendai ni oite wa)
Luxembourgish: hautdesdaags
Marathi: आजकाल (ājkāl)
Old English: on þissum dagum
Persian: امروزه (fa) (emruze)
Polish: współcześnie (pl)
Portuguese: hoje em dia (pt), atualmente (pt), hoje (pt), agora (pt)
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਅੱਜਕੱਲ (ajjakalla), ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ (pa) (ajja kalla), ਅੱਜ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ (ajja kallh)

Shahmukhi: اَجّ کَلّ (ajj kall)
Romanian: în ziua de azi, în ziua de astăzi
Russian: в на́ши дни (v náši dni), в на́ше вре́мя (v náše vrémja), тепе́рь (ru) (tepérʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: an latha an-diugh
Slovak: dnes (sk)
Slovene: dándánes
Spanish: hoy en día, hoy día (es), hogaño (es)
Swahili: siku hizi
Swedish: nu för tiden (sv)
Sylheti: ꠀꠁꠎ-ꠇꠣꠁꠟ (aiz-xail), ꠀꠁꠎꠇꠣꠁꠟ (aizoxail)
Urdu: آج کل (ur) (āj kal)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked‌: "formerly in a combined sense"

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} nune
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} tänapäeval, ^{(please verify)} kaasajal, ^{(please verify)} nüüdisajal
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} لەم ڕۆژانەدا (lem rojaneda)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} nå til dags
Norwegian Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} no til dags
Sindhi: ^{(please verify)} اڄڪلهه (ajjukalha)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} nuförtiden (sv)
Võro: ^{(please verify)} seo ilma aigo