künftig

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kümftec, Old High German kumftīg.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʏnftɪç/

Adjective

künftig (not comparable)

  1. future

Declension

Adverb

künftig

  1. henceforth, in the future
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 23/2010, page 31:
      Betreiber von Atomkraftwerken müssen künftig eine neue Brennelementesteuer entrichten. Im Gegenzug werden die Laufzeiten der Meiler verlängert.
      Operators of nuclear power plants have to pay a new tax on fuel rods in the future. In return the operating lives of the reactors will be extended.

References

  1. künftig in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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