Feste
German, noun
Feste is spelled F-E-S-T-E (5 letters) and appears 24 times per million words in written German, the 3,371st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Feste is a German feminine noun meaning “stronghold, fortress, fortified castle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Fest. In lower case, feste is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Burg, Festung”.
What does Feste mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestronghold, fortress, fortified castle
- 2
femininefoundation, stronghold
Das organisierte Verbrechen bedroht den Rechtsstaat bis in die Festen.
- 3
archaicfemininefirmament (the sky conceived as a dome)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Fest
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veraltet, dichterisch: 2. Burg, Festung 3. Firmament, Himmelsgewölbe
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 Feste
- Festen plural
- Veste alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Feste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Feste in German?
Feste appears 24 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).