Feierabend

Feierabend (German, compound noun)

The glorious moment you slam shut your laptop, hang up your hard hat or toss down your tools and officially declare “I’m off the clock, baby!”

Constitutes of the words Feier (=celebration, party) and Abend (=Evening) and is often accompanied by the traditional Feierabendbier (= beer) or Feierabendbierchen (=small beer) aka happy hour beer.

Synonyms: knock‐off time, quitting time, TGIF on a daily loop.

Schönen Feierabend! (=Wishing a co-worker to enjoy there evening when they log off)

"Yo Dirk, want to go for a Feierabendbier tonight?" - "Ja Markus, auf geht's (=let's go)."

by red-giant12 May 14, 2025

feierabendbier

What Germans do after work: they grab a beer and hang out with friends. They also drink beers before work (like for breakfast) but those beers they just call "bier" and not "feierabendbier".

"Yo Holger, want to grab a feierabendbier tonight?" - "Ja Dirk, das ist wunderbar."

by wabbalabbadubdub August 5, 2019

Feuerabend

A German word that means that you go home and relax after work but there's fire everywhere.

I kinda enjoyed the Feuerabend after a hard day at work yesterday, I just wish my flat didn't get completely burned down to the ground.

by Lawand November 7, 2013

Fierabend

Fierabend, German word. Mashup of Feierabend (end of the work day) and Bier (beer). Like "beer o'clock".

Hans, endlich Fierabend! Hohl mal Schnaps!
(Hans, beer o'clock! Get some booze!)

by p47j43 January 15, 2018