Festtag

German

Etymology

Fest +‎ Tag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstˌtaːk/

• Audio:

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Noun

Festtag m (strong, genitive Festtags or Festtages, plural Festtage)

1. a (religious) holiday
2. (Christianity) feast day (a day in which a saint's life is commemorated and in which God is praised for working through that person's life by His grace)
3. a holiday (in general)

   Synonym: Feiertag

4. a (person's) special day, a (person's) day to celebrate (such as a birthday or anniversary)
5. (in the plural) a period of time in which a series of festivals take place

Declension

Declension of Festtag [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Festtag	die	Festtage
genitive	eines	des	Festtags, Festtages	der	Festtage
dative	einem	dem	Festtag, Festtage1	den	Festtagen
accusative	einen	den	Festtag	die	Festtage

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Festtag” in Duden online