German

Alternative forms

• die letzte Zeit (chiefly colloquial)

Adverb

in letzter Zeit

1. of late; lately; recently; referring to the recent past as a whole

   Ich bin in letzter Zeit ziemlich vergesslich.

   I’ve been quite forgetful lately.

Usage notes

• In letzter Zeit is not freely interchangeable with other words meaning “lately, recently”, such as kürzlich, neulich, letztens, all of which refer to a particular time or event in the recent past, as in: Ich habe sie kürzlich besucht. (“I visited her lately.”) — Compare to this: Ich habe sie in letzter Zeit besucht, which will typically mean a number of visits throughout the recent past.