Festessen

[ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩]

/[ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Festessen” is uncommon German (frequency #61,494 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,494
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - besonders gutes, aufwendiges, festliches Essen

Corpus desk

Index DE-festessen · Festessen · German

Festessen · rank #61,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,494
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fernsehsenders

Nearest frequency peer: Fernsehsenders (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Festessen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Festessen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Festessen
PropertyValue
HeadwordFestessen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#61,494
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Festessen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Festessenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fernsehsenders“ (#61,493), „Feldarbeit“ (#61,492), „filius“ (#61,496). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Festessen“ bei #61,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Festessen is uncommon German at frequency #61,494 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "besonders gutes, aufwendiges, festliches Essen".

Zero misspellings are on record for Festessen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Festessen, spelled F-E-S-T-E-S-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    besonders gutes, aufwendiges, festliches Essen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Festessen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Mutter des Hauses hat ein Festessen gekocht.
  2. „Einige Tage nach dem Festessen bei den Arkesdens kehrten Lucas und Barbara nach einer Fahrt durch das Marschland zum Haus ihrer Eltern zurück.“

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Festessen"?
"Festessen" is spelled F-E-S-T-E-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩].
What does "Festessen" mean?
As a noun, "Festessen" means: besonders gutes, aufwendiges, festliches Essen
How do you pronounce "Festessen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Festessen" is [ˈfɛstˌʔɛsn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Festessen" come from?
"Festessen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Festessen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list