{"id":7947,"date":"2016-11-25T19:24:49","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T19:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=7947"},"modified":"2016-11-25T19:25:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T19:25:44","slug":"black-friday-but-not-the-one-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/black-friday-but-not-the-one-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday – But Not The One You Think"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black Friday is known in the United States as a day of ridiculous discounts and jaw-dropping, long lines at stores. This day was exported to other countries as well, including European countries. Mostly online stores offer great discounts here as well. Black Friday is called “black” for the great profits (the “black numbers) companies make on that day. But\u00a0Schwarzer Freitag\u00a0<\/em>was not always a day of excessive consumption – quite the opposite…<\/p>\n

25. Oktober – Der Schwarze Freitag<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n
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This is not a Black Friday sale, but a bank run at the st\u00e4dtischen Sparkasse<\/em> (municipal Sparkasse bank) in Berlin on July 13, 1931. (Image by Georg Pahl at Commons.wikimedia.org under license CC BY SA 3.0 de)<\/p><\/div>\n

Thursday, October 24, 1929 was the beginning of the Weltwirtschaftskrise\u00a0<\/em>(“global economic crisis”, the Great Depression). The\u00a0B\u00f6rse\u00a0<\/em>(stock exchange) in New York crashed and kept crashing on the days following. It became\u00a0Weltnachrichten\u00a0<\/em>(global news) on October 29, known as Black Tuesday. Alright, many black days here, but where is the Friday?<\/p>\n

Germany is in a timezone that is ahead of the United States, and 6 hours ahead of New York. That Thursday, October 24, when the market crashed, it was already Friday in Germany, because it was after midnight. So this Black Thursday, which heralded the start of the biggest financial crisis of the 20th century, is known in Germany as\u00a0Schwarzer Freitag<\/em>. The\u00a0B\u00f6rsensturz\u00a0<\/em>(stock market crash) also had a big\u00a0Einfluss\u00a0<\/em>(impact) on Germany’s\u00a0Wirtschaft\u00a0<\/em>(economy). Only in 1936, Germany reached\u00a0Vollbesch\u00e4ftigung\u00a0<\/em>(full employment) again, though with low\u00a0L\u00f6hne\u00a0<\/em>(wages) and bad\u00a0Arbeitsbedingungen<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>(labor conditions).<\/p>\n

Black Friday in Deutschland<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n

The other Black Friday, the one we all now know so well, of course also exists in Germany. There are many deals, and even websites <\/a>dedicated to giving you information on where to get the best deals. So if you wanna go shopping in Germany today, here some useful vocabulary!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Unglaublich<\/td>\nunbelievable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
der Wahnsinn (m)<\/td>\ninsanity, madness<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
das Wahnsinnsangebot (n)<\/td>\nincredible offer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
die Angebote (n)<\/td>\noffers, deals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
das Schn\u00e4ppchen (n)<\/td>\nbargain, deal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
der Artikel (m)<\/td>\nproduct, item<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
der Rabatt (m)<\/td>\ndiscount<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
die Prozente (n)<\/td>\npercentages<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bis zu 90% Rabatt!<\/td>\nup to 90% off!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
reduzieren<\/td>\nto reduce, to cut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
knallhart<\/td>\nuncompromising, brutal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
der Ausverkauf (m)<\/td>\nsale<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sparen<\/td>\nto save<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(sich) ein Schn\u00e4ppchen sichern<\/td>\nto secure a deal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
der Einkaufswagen (m)<\/td>\nshopping cart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
bezahlen<\/td>\nto pay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
die Kreditkarte (f)<\/td>\ncredit card<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
die EC-Karte (f)<\/td>\ndebit card<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
etw. in bar bezahlen<\/td>\nto pay sth. in cash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
warten<\/td>\nto wait<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in der Schlange stehen<\/td>\nto wait in line, to queue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
endlich!<\/td>\nfinally!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Black Friday is known in the United States as a day of ridiculous discounts and jaw-dropping, long lines at stores. This day was exported to other countries as well, including European countries. Mostly online stores offer great discounts here as well. Black Friday is called “black” for the great profits (the “black numbers) companies make…<\/p>\n

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