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die Normalzeit (no pl.)
   standard time

Die Umstellung von der Sommerzeit auf die Normalzeit hat in der Nacht zum Sonntag problemlos geklappt.
The change from daylight saving time to standard time went off without a hitch late Saturday night (early Sunday morning).
(In 2008 the EU countries returned to standard time on Sunday, Oct. 26, one week earlier than in North America.)

Related Words:
normal normal, standard, usual
normalerweise (adv) normally, usually
der Normalverbraucher average/typical consumer
Otto Normalverbraucher the average Joe, the man on the street

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