feest

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feːst/
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  • Hyphenation: feest
  • Rhymes: -eːst

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch fêeste, from Old French feste, from Latin fēstum.

Noun

feest n (plural feesten, diminutive feestje n)

  1. party
  2. feast
  3. celebration
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: fees
  • Negerhollands: feesa
  • Dutch Low Saxon: feest
  • Javanese: fés
  • Sranan Tongo: fesa
    • Caribbean Javanese: fés
  • West Frisian: feestje (diminutive form)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

feest

  1. inflection of feesten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative