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Frühjahrsmüdigkeit

Learn a funny, quirky German word each week with DW's Word of the Week feature. This week: Frühjahrsmüdigkeit.

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Do you ever find yourself feeling a bit lethargic in the spring months? Maybe it's due to your allergies, or just the mild weather. The Germans have even come up with a word for this very real, yet still scientifically unproven phenomenon: "Frühjahrsmüdigkeit," or simply "spring tiredness."