December already? If the year has raced past and you’re on your knees with exhaustion, don’t underestimate that finishing feeling. The Germans have a word for it.
Endspurt or innspurt? A German reader has just told me they use 'endspurt'.
To show my workings, I came across 'innspurt' reading a copy of Vogue on the plane out to Malta on Tuesday morning. I bought the glossy mag for the first time in my life for the brilliant Olivia Coleman interview (worth the cover price alone). There was also an interview with the photographer Juergen Teller where he called his upcoming exhibition an 'innspurt'.
Here’s the Juergen Teller interview where he says:
“In German, we call it the innspurt: the last run to the finishing line,” Teller says, laughing, as he works on the finishing touches. “It’s been a marathon, but I’m super excited.”
I went small and have just written up a little incident at the farmers market this morning. Thank you for the nudge. Now to look up ‘innspurt’/ ‘’endspurt’? Love the insight either way.
Endspurt or innspurt? A German reader has just told me they use 'endspurt'.
To show my workings, I came across 'innspurt' reading a copy of Vogue on the plane out to Malta on Tuesday morning. I bought the glossy mag for the first time in my life for the brilliant Olivia Coleman interview (worth the cover price alone). There was also an interview with the photographer Juergen Teller where he called his upcoming exhibition an 'innspurt'.
Here’s the Juergen Teller interview where he says:
“In German, we call it the innspurt: the last run to the finishing line,” Teller says, laughing, as he works on the finishing touches. “It’s been a marathon, but I’m super excited.”
https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/juergen-teller-exhibition
I wrote the newsletter on the plane returning to Manchester airport - no wifi! Google is telling me that innspurt has Norwegian or Finnish roots.
I went small and have just written up a little incident at the farmers market this morning. Thank you for the nudge. Now to look up ‘innspurt’/ ‘’endspurt’? Love the insight either way.
Going small is everything! So pleased the nudge helped. Here's to capturing those little incidents.