Pest

See also: pest and pěst

German

Etymology

From Latin pestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

• Audio:

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Noun

Pest f (genitive Pest, plural Pesten)

1. plague

Derived terms

• Geflügelpest

Further reading

• “Pest” in Duden online

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Hungarian

Pest as a part of the city of Budapest, marked in green

The location of Pest county in the map of Hungary

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛʃt]
• Hyphenation: Pest

Proper noun

Pest

1. (historical) One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
2. The corresponding part of current-day Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube.

   Coordinate term: Buda

3. (informal, loosely) Synonym of Budapest.
4. An administrative county in central Hungary, surrounding Budapest, often meant to exclude the capital itself.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Pest	—
accusative	Pestet	—
dative	Pestnek	—
instrumental	Pesttel	—
causal-final	Pestért	—
translative	Pestté	—
terminative	Pestig	—
essive-formal	Pestként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Pestben	—
superessive	Pesten	—
adessive	Pestnél	—
illative	Pestbe	—
sublative	Pestre	—
allative	Pesthez	—
elative	Pestből	—
delative	Pestről	—
ablative	Pesttől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Pesté	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Pestéi	—

Possessive forms of Pest
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Pestem	—
2nd person sing.	Pested	—
3rd person sing.	Pestje	—
1st person plural	Pestünk	—
2nd person plural	Pestetek	—
3rd person plural	Pestjük	—

Derived terms

• pesti

(Compound words):

• Újpest

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰeʃt/

Noun

Pest f

1. plague

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary