fest

See also: Fest, fêst, Fëst, and -fest

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fest. Related to Middle English feste, from Old French feste, from Latin festum (see festivity); however, the modern word is a borrowing of the German, which shares the same ultimate origin. More at feast.

Pronunciation

Noun

fest (plural fests)

  1. (in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
    Synonym: festival
    a Renaissance fest

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fest, from Latin fēstum (“holiday, festival, banquet, feast”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛst/, [fɛsd̥]

Noun

fest c (singular definite festen, plural indefinite fester)

  1. party
  2. celebration
  3. festival
  4. feast
  5. fête

Declension
Declension of fest
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fest festen fester festerne
genitive fests festens festers festernes

References

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz; see there for cognates and further etymology.

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

Adjective

fest (comparative fester, superlative am festesten)

  1. firm; compact; hard
  2. firm; fixed; rigid
  3. firm; steadfast

Declension
Positive forms of fest
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist fest sie ist fest es ist fest sie sind fest
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative fester feste festes feste
genitive festen fester festen fester
dative festem fester festem festen
accusative festen feste festes feste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der feste die feste das feste die festen
genitive des festen der festen des festen der festen
dative dem festen der festen dem festen den festen
accusative den festen die feste das feste die festen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein fester eine feste ein festes (keine) festen
genitive eines festen einer festen eines festen (keiner) festen
dative einem festen einer festen einem festen (keinen) festen
accusative einen festen eine feste ein festes (keine) festen
Comparative forms of fest
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist fester sie ist fester es ist fester sie sind fester
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative festerer festere festeres festere
genitive festeren festerer festeren festerer
dative festerem festerer festerem festeren
accusative festeren festere festeres festere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der festere die festere das festere die festeren
genitive des festeren der festeren des festeren der festeren
dative dem festeren der festeren dem festeren den festeren
accusative den festeren die festere das festere die festeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein festerer eine festere ein festeres (keine) festeren
genitive eines festeren einer festeren eines festeren (keiner) festeren
dative einem festeren einer festeren einem festeren (keinen) festeren
accusative einen festeren eine festere ein festeres (keine) festeren
Superlative forms of fest
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist am festesten sie ist am festesten es ist am festesten sie sind am festesten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative festester festeste festestes festeste
genitive festesten festester festesten festester
dative festestem festester festestem festesten
accusative festesten festeste festestes festeste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der festeste die festeste das festeste die festesten
genitive des festesten der festesten des festesten der festesten
dative dem festesten der festesten dem festesten den festesten
accusative den festesten die festeste das festeste die festesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein festester eine festeste ein festestes (keine) festesten
genitive eines festesten einer festesten eines festesten (keiner) festesten
dative einem festesten einer festesten einem festesten (keinen) festesten
accusative einen festesten eine festeste ein festestes (keine) festesten

See also

Further reading
  • fest in Duden online

Hungarian

Etymology

[after 1372] Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pëčɜ- (“color; to color, paint”)[1][2] + -t (“causative suffix”).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfɛʃt]
  • Audio(file)

Verb

fest

  1. (transitive) to paint
  2. (transitive) to dye
  3. (intransitive) to look somehow
    Hogy fest? ― What does it look like?
    • 1989, John Updike (author), Árpád Göncz (translator), Így látja Roger [Roger's Version], Budapest: Európa Könyvkiadó, →ISBN, page 203:
      Dale nem festett valami jól; viaszos sápadtsága szinte beteges volt. S mintha izzadt volna; ingzubbonya fölé kockás sportzakót vett, s e kettő nagyon nem illett össze.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation
conjugation of fest
Infinitive festeni
Past participle festett
Present participle festő
Future participle festendő
Adverbial participle festve
Potential festhet
1st person sg 2nd person sg informal 3rd person sg,
2nd person sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl informal 3rd person pl,
2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood Present Indefinite festek festesz fest festünk festetek festenek
Definite festem
én téged/titeket
festelek		 fested festi festjük festitek festik
Past Indefinite festettem festettél festett festettünk festettetek festettek
Definite festettem
én téged/titeket
festettelek		 festetted festette festettük festettétek festették
Conditional mood Present Indefinite festenék festenél festene festenénk festenétek festenének
Definite festeném
én téged/titeket
festenélek		 festenéd festené festenénk festenétek festenék
Subjunctive mood Present Indefinite fessek fess
or
fessél		 fessen fessünk fessetek fessenek
Definite fessem
én téged/titeket
fesselek		 fesd
or
fessed		 fesse fessük fessétek fessék
Conjugated infinitive festenem festened festenie festenünk festenetek festeniük

Derived terms

References
  1. Entry #841 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
  2. Álgu etymological database, entry #78153 (language: Hungarian, word: fëst-)
  3. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vest, from Old High German festi, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz. Cognate with German fest, Dutch vast, English fast, Icelandic fastur.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fest (masculine festen, neuter fest, comparative méi fest, superlative am feststen)

  1. firm, hard
  2. solid
  3. rigid
  4. fixed, fast

Declension
declension of fest
number and gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative hien ass fest si ass fest et ass fest si si(nn) fest
without article nominative/accusative festen fest fest fest
dative festem fester festem festen
with article nominative/accusative festen fest fest fest
dative festen fester festen festen

Middle English

Verb

fest

  1. to feast

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin festum

Noun

fest m (definite singular festen, indefinite plural fester, definite plural festene)

  1. celebration, party
  2. (religion) feast, festival
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

fest

  1. imperative of feste

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin festum

Noun

fest m (definite singular festen, indefinite plural festar, definite plural festane)

  1. celebration, party
  2. (religion) feast, festival

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest.

Adverb

fest

  1. (Silesia dialectal) firmly, strongly

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest.

Adverb

fest (Cyrillic spelling фест)

  1. (Kajkavian) very
  2. (Kajkavian) intensively
  3. (Kajkavian) tightly, strongly, firmly

Synonyms

Swedish

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /fɛsːt/
  • Homophone: fäst

Noun

fest c

  1. party, celebration

Declension
Declension of fest 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative fest festen fester festerna
Genitive fests festens festers festernas

Derived terms

Yola

Noun

fest

  1. fist

References
  • J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)
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