Fest

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: fest, fêst, Fëst, and -fest

German[edit]

1. ein Fest

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German fëst, derived from Latin festum. Cognate with English feast, French fête, Italian festa.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

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

  1. celebration, festival, party
    Synonyms: Feier, Fete, Party

Declension[edit]

Hyponyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Danish: fest
  • English: fest
  • Norwegian: fest
  • Swedish: fest

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Fest”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German fëst, derived from Latin festum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Fest n (plural Feste)

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

Further reading[edit]