Feste
Appearance
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German veste, from Old High German festī. Equivalent to fest (“fast, secure”) + -e (“-th, -ness”), compare similar English fastness.
Noun
[edit]Feste f (genitive Feste, plural Festen)
- (historical) stronghold, fortress, fortified castle
- (figurative, chiefly in the plural) foundation, stronghold
- Das organisierte Verbrechen bedroht den Rechtsstaat bis in die Festen.
- Organised crime is a threat to the very foundations of the rule of law.
- (figurative, archaic, poetic) firmament (the sky conceived as a dome)
- Synonyms: Firmament, Himmelsgewölbe, Himmelszelt
Declension
[edit]Declension of Feste [feminine]
Alternative forms
[edit]- Veste (now only in the literal sense)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Feste
Further reading
[edit]- “Feste” in Duden online
Hunsrik
[edit]Noun
[edit]Feste
Categories:
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German terms with homophones
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms suffixed with -e
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German terms with historical senses
- German terms with usage examples
- German terms with archaic senses
- German poetic terms
- German non-lemma forms
- German noun forms
- Hunsrik non-lemma forms
- Hunsrik noun forms