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Brückentag

BROOK-en-tahk[ˈbʁʏkn̩ˌtaːk]

Pronunciation: Jeuwre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

a working day taken off to bridge a public holiday and the weekend

Closest in English: long-weekend, day-off, dayoff. None of them covers it.

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The story

When a public holiday falls on a Thursday, the Friday becomes a Brückentag, the day that bridges the gap to the weekend, and a good part of Germany takes it off. Some firms simply close. English makes it a long weekend and books it in January.

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  1. Which language is it from?German
  2. What does it literally say?Bridge-day
  3. Where would you hear it?A Friday after Ascension Day
  4. What does it mean?A workday off that joins two free days

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