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Icelandic
Etymology
From gúrka (“cucumber”) + tíð (“period, time”), a calque of Danish agurketid, from German Sauregurkenzeit (literally “sour cucumber time”). This refers to the time of summer when pickles were ripening and were put in a sour solution, and at the same time business hit a low and vacation and free time hit a new high. At that time there were few things to report on.
Pronunciation
Noun
gúrkutíð f (genitive singular gúrkutíðar, no plural)
- slow news day
Declension
Declension of gúrkutíð (sg-only feminine)