# feste vs fist

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### feste
*adjective · IPA [ˈfɛstə] · frequency rank #3,372*
Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs fest

### fist
*verb · IPA [fɪst] · frequency rank #49,674*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs fisten

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/feste-vs-fist