Polyglot Dictionary

Festessen

/ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩/

das noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Festessen

Meaning

  1. feast

    Built from Fest (festival) + Essen (meal).

    • Zum Fest gab es ein Festessen.

      There was a feast for the celebration.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Fest festival
  • Essen meal

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

festin

festin is the French word for the same thing — both mean "feast."

Practice

1 What does Festessen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Zum Fest gab es ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Festessen?

nouncompound

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