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Feierabend

FY-er-AH-bent[ˈfaɪ̯ɐˌʔaːbn̩t]

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

the moment work ends, and the evening that follows — knocking off

Closest in English: knocking-off, clocking-off, quitting-time. None of them covers it.

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The story

Feier is celebration, Abend is evening: the word covers both the stroke of quitting time and everything after it. Germans wish each other a good one on the way out, and the first beer after has its own name, the Feierabendbier. In English you simply knock off.

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  1. Which language is it from?German
  2. Where would you hear it?Across the workshop floor, bang on five
  3. What does it literally say?Celebration-evening
  4. What does it mean?When work stops and the evening is yours

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