Wann essen Sie in der Regel zu Mittag?

English Translation

When do you usually eat lunch?

does Regel here mean hour or meal? There doesn’t seem to be anything in the definition on wiktionary that makes sense here.

in der Regel = usually (in der Regel - Wiktionary, the free dictionary)
zu Mittag essen = to eat lunch

English Translation

When do you usually eat lunch?

thank you, makes more sense now.

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I’d think of it as 'When, as a rule, do they eat lunch here?"

Makes it easier to understand Regel when you meet it in other contexts, like the rules of a game.