festigen
German, verb[ˈfɛstɪɡn̩]
festigen is spelled F-E-S-T-I-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festigen is a German verb meaning “to consolidate; to strengthen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas fester, sicherer machen”.
What does festigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to consolidate; to strengthen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas fester, sicherer machen 2. fester, sicherer werden
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 festigen
- festigt present singular third-person
- festigte past
- gefestigt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- festigend participle present
- festige first-person indicative present
- festigst indicative present second-person
- festigest second-person singular subjunctive
- festiget plural second-person subjunctive
- festigten first-person indicative plural
- festigtest indicative preterite second-person
- festigtet indicative plural preterite
- festig imperative second-person singular
- habe gefestigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefestigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- festige! imperative singular
- festigt! imperative plural
- gefestigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festigen?
- [ˈfɛstɪɡn̩]
- [ˈfɛstɪɡŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to festigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is festigen in German?
festigen appears 2.5 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).