Polyglot Dictionary

Festtag

/ˈfɛstˌtaːk/

der 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
Festtage

Meaning

  1. holiday, feast day

    Built from Fest (festival) + Tag (day).

    • Heute ist ein Festtag.

      Today is a feast day.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Fest festival
  • Tag day

Similar words

Ferien

Ferien is an extended holiday or vacation period (school or work break); Festtag is a single holiday or feast day on the calendar.

Similar in other languages

English

vacation

Close — a holiday, feast day relates to vacation.

French

vacances

Close, figuratively — a holiday relates to a vacation.

Practice

1 What does Festtag mean?

2 Fill the gap: Heute ist ein ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Festtag?

nouncompound

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