künftig

future

adjective KUENF-tikh Less Common

Also means

from now on

Usage Note

künftig describes future things, as in die künftige Entwicklung (the future development), and is a more formal synonym of zukünftig. As an adverb it means 'from now on' or 'henceforth': Künftig machen wir es anders. It belongs to fairly formal or written register.

Examples

"Künftig wird alles digital geregelt."

Natural Translation

From now on everything will be handled digitally.

Literal Translation

In-future is everything digitally handled.

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