# Re: Why is the letter Z associated with sleep?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [July 27, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-why-is-the-letter-z-associated-with-sleep/629582 "2012-07-27T16:42:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![WS64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a88e57/32.png) [@WS64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WS64)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-why-is-the-letter-z-associated-with-sleep/629582/21 "2012-07-30T08:19:08Z")

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It has to be “Macht nichts” at the end…

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**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-why-is-the-letter-z-associated-with-sleep/629582/22 "2012-07-30T13:13:33Z")

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Good question.

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-why-is-the-letter-z-associated-with-sleep/629582/23 "2012-07-31T03:37:46Z")

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> [@WS64](#):
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> It has to be “Macht nichts” at the end…

No, _“Macht es nichts”_ is also an established German idiom.

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