der Feierabend

the end of the working day - a German concept with no English equivalent

Origin

Not regional, but culturally untranslatable: the point when work stops, and the evening that belongs to you. „Feierabend machen“ is the act of knocking off.

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Examples

  • Ich mache .

    I'm knocking off for the day now.