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RE: Early Sommerloch
Nope it's a completely different thing.
Sauregurkenzeit is the time when all the food stock is eaten up during winter. When there is nothing left but "saure Gurken" (or mixed pickles).
It is now used to describe every kind of bad times ahead, where you have to restrain yourself in unusual ways.
Wikipedia says that was the original meaning, but people ironically applied it to the summertime when business was slow:
The Dutch equivalent is 'komkommertijd' (cucumber time), which is usually explained as the time when fresh cucumbers are harvested. According to my dictionary, it's translated from English, where it's fallen out of use, but I think it's more likely to be derived from Gurkenzeit.
Hahaha thanks for the info! :)