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Today’s lesson, wishing you a happy Friday:

Feierabend (German, fire-AH-bend, noun) — Festive frame of mind at the end of the working day. From feire, “celebration”, and abend, “evening”

Source: They Have a Word for It, by Howard Rheingold.