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Feierabend machen

A1–A2 Universal Culture

English Translation

To finish work for the day / To clock off

Essential German cultural concept describing the sacred boundary between the workday and personal freedom.

Grammatical Profile

Noun: der Feierabend (Masculine)

Collocation: Feierabend machen (Auxiliary: haben)

5-Tier Sentence Structure Breakdown

German Token	English	Grammatical Role	Case / Form	Syntactic Logic
Wir	We	Subject	Nominative (Plural)	Position 1: Sentence Topic
machen	make / do	Finite Verb	Present Tense	Position 2: V2 Rule Enforced
jetzt	now	Temporal Adverb	Adverbial Form	Position 3: Time constituent
Feierabend	end of workday	Direct Object	Accusative (Masculine)	Position 4: Sentence predicate completion

Native Street Slang ("Hammer" Version)

"Lass mal endlich den Stift fallen lassen, Alter!"

(Let's finally drop the pen and call it a day, man!)

Essential Daily Idiom

Bock haben (auf etwas)

A2–B1 Everyday Spoken

Meaning: To feel like doing something; to be in the mood for an activity or food.

Etymology: While Bock literally translates to a male goat (ram), the colloquial expression traces back to the 19th-century student adoption of Romani bokh (hunger, appetite). Saying "Ich hab Bock auf Pizza" literally expresses an appetite for pizza.

"Hast du heute Abend Bock auf Döner?" — (Do you feel like getting a Döner kebab tonight?)

📖 Real-World German Slang Guide

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🏛️ German Syntax & Cases Guide

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