feest
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /feːst/
- Rhymes: -eːst
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Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch fêeste, from Old French feste, from Latin fēstum.
Noun
feest n (plural feesten, diminutive feestje n)
- party
- feast
- celebration
Derived terms
- dansfeest
- feesten
- feestelijk
- feest der herkenning
- Feest van de Arbeid
- huisfeest
- kinderfeest
- volksfeest
Descendants
- Afrikaans: fees
- → Dutch Low Saxon: feest
- → West Frisian: feestje (diminutive form)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
feest
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of feesten
- imperative of feesten