The German eats local meal (6)
I believe the answer is:
dinner
'meal' is the definition.
(dinner is a kind of meal)
'the german eats local' is the wordplay.
'the german' becomes 'der' ('the' in German**).
'eats' indicates putting letters inside.
'local' becomes 'inn' (I've seen this before).
'der' going around 'inn' is 'DINNER'.
(Other definitions for dinner that I've seen before include "Supper" , "grub" , "What feeds" , "one making a row?" , "Evening meal" .)