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Illustration of the A1 German word “jetzt”, which translates to “now”. A colossal rocket roars off its launch pad in fire and smoke; the engineer at the control desk slams the big red button with her whole fist, teeth gritted, eyes blazing.

jetzt is part of Goethe A1 vocabulary.

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jetzt

now

/jɛt͡st/

Examples — jetzt in a sentence

Ich gehe jetzt nach Hause.

I am going home now.

Was machst du jetzt?

What are you doing now?

How to remember it

YETST sounds like 'yet'. But it's the opposite! Don't wait *yet*, do it *now*, immediately!

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