Zeitumstellung

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German

Etymology

Zeit (time) +‎ Umstellung (change, adjustment)

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  • Hyphenation: Zeit‧um‧stel‧lung

Noun

Zeitumstellung f (genitive Zeitumstellung, plural Zeitumstellungen)

  1. clock change at the beginning or end of daylight savings time
    • 1996, “Die Welt kann mich nicht mehr verstehen”, in Wir kommen um uns zu beschweren, performed by Tocotronic:
      Ich bin heute morgen aufgewacht / Und es war noch mitten in der Nacht / Und ich weiß nicht genau ob es so etwas gibt / Und ob es an der Zeitumstellung liegt
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  2. physiological adaptation to a new time zone after a long-distance air travel

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