Fest

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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.

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
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 rare, see notes.

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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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Etymology

From Middle High German fëst, derived from Latin festum.

Pronunciation

Noun

Fest n (plural Feste)

  1. party, festival
    Meer gehn uffs Fest.
    We're going to the party.

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