nykypäivä

Nykypäivä is a Finnish noun that denotes the present day or the contemporary era. It is used to refer to the time period that is current at the moment of speaking, as distinct from the past or the future. The word is formed from nykyinen, meaning present or current, and päivä, meaning day, and it can refer both to a broad sense of the present times and to the everyday realities of the current period.

In usage, nykypäivä often appears in discussions about society, culture, technology, and politics to describe phenomena characteristic of the modern age. It translates into English as “the present day” or “contemporary times.” In journalism and academic writing, the term frames analysis within the context of the modern era, for example: nykypäivän teknologia muokkaa työelämää, nykypäivän arki, or nykypäivän yhteiskunta. It is distinct from Tänään (today) and from nykyehetki (the present moment) and from nykyaika (the modern era), each with a somewhat different focus.

Related terms include nykyaika, which refers to the broader concept of the modern age, and nykyisyys, meaning the actuality or existence of the present. Nykypäivä generally expresses a continuous, ongoing period rather than a specific calendar date, and is most common in general statements about contemporary life rather than as a precise time marker.