werktags

on working days

adverb VERK-tahks Less Common

Also means

on business days

Usage Note

werktags refers to the legal working days, normally Monday through Saturday excluding holidays. It is the standard term on opening-hour signs: werktags 8 bis 18 Uhr. The noun is der Werktag; contrast with Feiertag and Sonntag.

Examples

"Die Apotheke hat werktags durchgehend geöffnet."

Natural Translation

The pharmacy is open continuously on working days.

Literal Translation

The pharmacy has working-days continuously opened.

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