Feierabend
Language: German · [ˈfaɪ̯ɐˌʔaːbn̩t] · Pronunciation: FY-er-AH-bent
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Meaning
the moment work ends, and the evening that follows — knocking off
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.
The four rounds
- Which language is it from?
- German
- Where would you hear it?
- Across the workshop floor, bang on five
- What does it literally say?
- Celebration-evening
- What does it mean?
- When work stops and the evening is yours
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