הײַנט

From Middle High German hīnaht, from Old High German hīnaht (“tonight”), contracted from hiu naht (“this night”).

Cognate with Bavarian heint (“today”), Luxembourgish hënt (“tonight”), obsolete German heint, heinacht (“tonight”).

• (YIVO, Northeastern) IPA^(key): /haɪ̯nt/
• (Mideastern) IPA^(key): /aːnt/
• (Southeastern) IPA^(key): /ant/

הײַנט • (haynt)

1. today

   Coordinate terms: נעכטן (nekhtn), מאָרגן (morgn)

   • Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Magician of Lublin

     יאַשאַ מאַזור, אָדער דער קונצנמאַכער פֿון לובלין ווי מ’האָט אים גערופֿן אין אַנדערע שטעט, האָט זיך הײַנט אויפֿגעהויבן פֿרי.

     yasha mazur, oder der kuntsnmakher fun lublin vi m’hot im gerufn in andere shtet, hot zikh haynt oyfgehoybn fri.

     Yasha Mazur, or the Magician of Lublin as he was called in other cities, arose early today.

הײַנט • (haynt) m

1. the present

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “הײַנט” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].