Festessen
German, noun/ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩/
Festessen is spelled F-E-S-T-E-S-S-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 61,377th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festessen is a German neuter noun meaning “feast, banquet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “besonders gutes, aufwendiges, festliches Essen”.
What does Festessen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterfeast, banquet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. besonders gutes, aufwendiges, festliches Essen
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 Festessen
- Festessens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Festessen?
- /ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩/
- [ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Festessen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Festessen in German?
Festessen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).