köken: sauer (“sour”) + Gurke (“cucumber”) + Zeit (“time”), literally “pickled-cucumber season”, that is the summer, when pickled vegetables are prepared. The word is now sometimes used to refer to other periods of the year, however. Compare Danish agurketid, Dutch komkommertijd, Icelandic gúrkutíð.
„Sauregurkenzeit", murmelte er verdrießlich. „Ein Verkehrsunfall, sonst nichts."
Du weißt, wie die Medien sind, sozialpolitische Themen sind für Sauregurkenzeiten.
köken: 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.