fest
German, adjective
fest is spelled F-E-S-T (4 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written German, the 547th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fest is a German adjective meaning “firm; compact; hard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fest is a different word: “feast, celebration, festival, party”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wie ein Festkörper; nicht gasförmig oder flüssig”.
What does fest mean in English?
adjective
- 1
firm; compact; hard
- 2
firm; fixed; rigid
- 3
firm; steadfast
- 4
informalof a long-term romantic relationship
Ein One-Night-Stand ist mir genug, ich möchte gerade noch nichts Festes.
- 5
Austriacolloquialderogatorygood, proper, big, large
Man muss schon ein fester Trottel sein, um auf so etwas hereinzufallen.
noun
- 1
neuterfeast, celebration, festival, party
prefix
- 1
separable verbal prefix that signifies an action that results in the object being in a firm, tightened, fastened, or attached state
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. größere Feier
adjective: 1. wie ein Festkörper; nicht gasförmig oder flüssig 2. örtlich unveränderbar und unverändert 3. haltbar, Widerstand gebend oder bietend, eine große, hohe Dichte aufweisend 4. energisch, vollkommen, vollständig, von hoher Intensität, Stärke, mit großer Macht, Wucht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fest
- fester masculine nominative singular
- am festesten superlative
- feste feminine nominative singular
- festes neuter nominative singular
- festen genitive masculine singular
- festem dative masculine singular
- der feste definite includes-article masculine
- die feste definite feminine includes-article
- das feste definite includes-article neuter
- die festen definite includes-article nominative
- des festen definite genitive includes-article
- der festen definite feminine genitive
- dem festen dative definite includes-article
- Feste nominative plural
- Festes genitive singular
- Fests genitive singular
- Festen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fest
- hard
- fast
- firm
- solid
- festival
- proof
- tight
- celebration
- stark
- firmly
- feast
- constituent
- squarely
- perky
- festivity
- unshaken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fest in German?
fest appears 158 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).