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See also: Fest, fëst, fêst, Fëst, and -fest

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fest (feast, festival, party), from Middle High German fest, from Latin festum, from which last are also English feast, festival, festivity (see these).

Pronunciation

Noun

fest (plural fests)

  1. (in combination) A gathering for a specified reason or occasion.
    Synonym: festival
    a Renaissance fest
  2. (in combination) An event in which the act denoted by the previous noun occurs.
    • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 35:
      That same trip would have to go down as the greatest dipping fest in Australian birding history. I had five target species and never saw one, despite spending a week looking for them.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German fest.

Pronunciation

Noun

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fest m anim

  1. (archaic) undestroyable person
  2. (archaic) mummy

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Adverb

fest (comparative více fest, superlative nejvíce fest)

  1. (informal) firmly, tightly
    Drž to fest.Hold it firmly
  2. (informal) much

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Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛsd/, [ˈfesd̥], [ˈfest]

Noun

fest c (singular definite festen, plural indefinite fester)

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

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

Derived terms

  • branchefolksfest

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

fest (strong nominative masculine singular fester, comparative fester, superlative am festesten)

  1. firm; compact; hard
  2. firm; fixed; rigid
  3. firm; steadfast
    1. (informal) of a long-term romantic relationship
      Ein One-Night-Stand ist mir genug, ich möchte gerade noch nichts Festes.
      A one-night stand is enough for me, I'm not looking for anything long-term right now.
      fester Freundboyfriend (as opposed to a platonic friend)

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Further reading

  • fest” in Duden online
  • fest” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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