Fest

Fest

See also: fest, fêst, Fëst, and -fest

German

1. ein Fest

Etymology

From Middle High German fëst, derived from Latin festum. Cognate with English feast, French fête, Italian festa.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

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Noun

Fest n (strong, genitive Festes or Fests, plural Feste)

1. celebration, festival, party

   Synonyms: Feier, Fete, Party

Declension

Declension of Fest [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Fest	die	Feste
genitive	eines	des	Festes, Fests	der	Feste
dative	einem	dem	Fest, Feste1	den	Festen
accusative	ein	das	Fest	die	Feste

¹Now uncommon, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Begrüßungsfest
• Frühlingsfest
• Herbstfest
• Oktoberfest
• Sängerfest
• Schlachtfest
• Schützenfest
• Sommerfest
• Totenfest
• Volksfest
• Winterfest

 

Derived terms

• festlich (“festive”)
• Festredner
• Festtag

 

Related terms

• fest

Descendants

• → Danish: fest
• → English: fest
• → Norwegian: fest
• → Swedish: fest

References

1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Fest”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

• “Fest” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fest” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Fest” in Duden online
• Fest on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German fëst, derived from Latin festum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feʃt/

Noun

Fest n (plural Feste)

1. party, festival

   Meer gehn uffs Fest.

   We're going to the party.

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary