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German
Etymology
festlich + -keit
Pronunciation
Noun
Festlichkeit f (genitive Festlichkeit, plural Festlichkeiten)
- festivity
1797, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Ein Sommernachtstraum, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, :Wir tanzen morgen Mitternacht erfreut / In Theseus' Hause bei der Festlichkeit / Und segnen es mit aller Herrlichkeit.- And will to-morrow midnight solemnly / Dance in Duke Theseus' house triumphantly, / And bless it to all fair prosperity:
Declension
Declension of Festlichkeit
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