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Fest

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.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fɛst/
Rhymes: -ɛst
Audio: (file)
Audio (Austria): (file)

Noun

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

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 rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

festlich (“festive”)
Festredner
Festtag

Related terms

fest

Descendants

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

References

^ 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

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German fëst, derived from Latin festum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /feʃt/

Noun

Fest n (plural Feste)

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

Further reading

Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Fest”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 54