end of working day
Feierabend (from late Middle High German vīrabent "before a public holiday") is the Muße- , Public swimming and rest at night and refers to both the end of the working day (eg. As off duty) and the free time afterwards.
etymology
From the Latin word fēria for a weekday or church holiday, the Old High German fîra developed with the meaning "feast" or "rest" (in Christian parlance above all a day that was celebrated with an act of worship). This became Middle High German vîre for a festive day or the rest of the work (from which the New High German word celebration developed), whereby since the 12th century vîr-âbent denoted the eve of a holiday. This term was later reinterpreted in early New High German (after the 16th century) under the influence of the language of the craftsmen as "[beginning of] rest time in the evening".
Historical
Already in the Roman Empire there were holiday criers, so-called calators . For example, when a victim was imminent, outdoor workers were announced to close. Before there were clocks, even pocket watches, for individuals in every house , this daily evening began for a long time with the angelus or evening ringing at 6 p.m., which is still widespread in Catholic areas today and calls everyone to common evening prayer.
From the 17th to the 19th century, in addition to common prayer, numerous after-work customs (“after-work stories”) and songs such as Now the day has ended (around 1670) have been handed down.
In the GDR , old people's homes were called “after-work homes ”.
Idioms
- Now we're finishing work. (Synonym for "enough work!")
- Now it's (but) the end of the day! (Short form: after work ! ) For an annoying “This is over now! I have enough!"
- Now he has his well-earned end to work (a long-term employee retires or retires)
- also: closing time for "dying".
End of work in art
- As motifs in paintings and engravings, for example after work in the country: z. B. "Lorscher Feierabend" (wall painting) in the town hall of Lorsch , William Edward Millner and Hans Thoma (cottage gardens), Ludwig Richter (series, "Blue Books") and other motifs: Carl Spitzweg (idylls and bizarre scenes), Hans Baluschek ( Painting in the Märkisches Museum Berlin), Gerda Knauer , Otto Modersohn a . v. a.
- As a motif in music - several times in folk and art songs (see above ), for example in Schubert's song Am Feierabend from Die Schöne Müllerin or in the popular canon “Feierabend” (listen, the bell calls sound ...).
- A very well-known folk tune is the song Feieromd ( ) by Anton Günther .
- There is also a song by Peter Alexander about the evening after work, which was published in 1977.
- In literature, the end of the day is a topic in poems by Emanuel Geibel , Christian Morgenstern , Hermann Hesse and others. a.
literature
- Hermann Bausinger : After work . In: Hessian papers for folk and cultural research . Volume 7/8 (1978), pp. 27-34 ( full text ).
- Witold Rybczynski: Life begins on Friday - a little history of leisure. Rororo 1290 / Sachbuch 9389 (original 1991), Hamburg 1993.
- Gottfried Korff: Chapter after work, in: Etienne François, Hagen Schulze (Ed.): German places of memory, 3rd volume. 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 2001, pp. 169-186.
Web links
- Article on leisure and after work in: Die Zeit, April 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ after work . In: Duden online dictionary . Bibliographisches Institut GmbH - Dudenverlag. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ↑ Etymology and word meaning according to Kluge Etymological Dictionary of the German Language , 24th edition, 2002.
- ↑ The Lorsch town hall and the wall paintings in the Nibelungensaal ( Memento of the original from 23 August 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on lorsch.de .
