Feierabend: There’s a Name For It

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We love language, and this series features words from various languages around the world that capture universal, but complicated, human emotions or situations. It’s fun and (gasp!) educational, too!

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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.

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