Festschrift
See also: festschrift
English
Noun
Festschrift (plural Festschriften)
- Alternative letter-case form of festschrift
- 1970, P[eter] B. Dews, “Preface”, in P. B. Dews, editor, Festschrift for B. F. Skinner (Century Psychology series), New York, N.Y.: Appleton-Century-Crofts, →ISBN, page x; republished New York, N.Y.: Irvington Publishers, 1977, →ISBN, page x:
- So many people of so many different kinds have been influenced by [Burrhus Frederic] Skinner's work and writings; who should be invited to contribute to a Festschrift volume?
- 1981, “General Editor’s Preface”, in Wilfred Cantwell Smith, On Understanding Islam: Selected Studies (Religion and Reason; 19), The Hague: Mouton Publishers, →ISBN, page v:
- At the present time a scholar of religion who lectures, reads papers and publishes will inevitably find his various products dispersed over a number of periodicals, Festschriften and other volumes, mostly published in different countries and often in different languages.
- 2012, Fred Karlsson, “Is there a Crisis in Generative Linguistics?”, in Diana Santos, Krister Lindén, and Wanjiku Ng’ang’a, editors, Shall We Play the Festschrift Game?: Essays on the Occasion of Lauri Carlson’s 60th Birthday, Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, DOI:, →ISBN, page 4:
- Now that I have the privilege of publishing these remarks in Lauri Carlson's Festschrift, I want, by way of conclusion, to briefly address an issue he brought up in his contribution [...] to my Festschrift.
- 2014, G. M. T. Emezue; Inge Kosch; Maurice Kangel, “Introduction”, in G. M. T. Emezue, Inge Kosch, and Maurice Kangel, editors, Justice and Human Dignity in Africa: Collection of Essays in Honour of Professor Austin Chukwu, [s.l.]: HPC Books, →ISBN, page 11:
- Traditional Festschrifts (or Festschriften) are designed by students and colleagues in honour of a person (usually soon to be or a retiree) they know. This action is very noble. However, Michael Taffart observes in "Gardens or Graveyards of a scholarship?" that the most common failings of Festschriften are lack of "themes, insufficient evidence of strong editorial hands and uneven quality throughout the collection."
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German
Etymology
From Fest + Schrift.
Pronunciation
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Noun
Festschrift f (genitive Festschrift, plural Festschriften)
- festschrift
Declension
Declension of Festschrift [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Festschrift | die | Festschriften |
| genitive | einer | der | Festschrift | der | Festschriften |
| dative | einer | der | Festschrift | den | Festschriften |
| accusative | eine | die | Festschrift | die | Festschriften |
Further reading
- “Festschrift” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Festschrift” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Festschrift” in Duden online
Festschrift on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de