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Zukunft

future

noun TSOO-kunft Less Common
Time Time Expressions

Origin: literally 'a coming-to', from 'zukommen'

Usage Note

Zukunft is feminine (die Zukunft) and usually singular. The everyday phrase in Zukunft means 'from now on / in future', and grammar books call the future tense das Futur, not Zukunft.

Examples

"Wir denken an die Zukunft."

Natural Translation

We are thinking about the future.

Literal Translation

We think on the future.

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