Brückentag

English translation: extra weekend day

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German term or phrase:	Brückentag
English translation:	extra weekend day
Entered by:	Michele Fauble

21:17 Jun 7, 2006

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German term or phrase: Brückentag

Is there a word for this in English?

A typical example is the Friday following "Himmelfahrt" (Ascension Day) which is often taken as a holiday by company employees in order to make an extended weekend.

Robin Ward KudoZ activity Questions: 844 (none open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 706 Germany
Local time: 10:16

extra weekend day

Explanation:
the "extra day" of a 3-day weekend, extended weekend, long weekend

... because of the extra weekend day, this will be my only 3 day weekend for the whole summer so I would appreciate it if you ...
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3 Day Weekend. ... Having an extra weekend day ...
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... by falling on a Tuesday, basically, ... an extra weekend day. ...
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Selected response from:

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 01:16

Grading comment

Yes, this seems to be exactly what's meant. Thanks to all of you for your suggestions.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +4

paraphrase using "long weekend" or similar

F Schultze (X)

4 +1

extra weekend day

Michele Fauble

3 +1

take extra day off (for long weekend)

Cordula Abston

too long to fit in this box

Lancashireman

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

paraphrase using "long weekend" or similar

Explanation:
To my knowledge there is no direct equivalent for Brückentag in English. If you find "bridging day" on Google it means something else, or it is a native German or French translator who invented it.

F Schultze (X)
United States
Local time: 04:16
Native speaker of:

Danish
PRO pts in category: 4

32 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

take extra day off (for long weekend)

Explanation:
No such word in English, you have to paraphrase it. I stumbled over that one before ;-)

Cordula Abston
United States
Local time: 10:16
Native speaker of:

German

1 hr confidence:

too long to fit in this box

Explanation:
“just happening to feel ‘not very well’ and thus unable to come into work on a Friday after or Monday before one of those numerous continental bank holidays and hoping your employer will think this is a coincidence”

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 207

Notes to answerer

Asker: Actually, those "numerous continental bank holidays" aren't quite so numerous in Lower Saxony as in several other Bundesländer ....

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

extra weekend day

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 01:16
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Yes, this seems to be exactly what's meant. Thanks to all of you for your suggestions.

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