festlich
German, adjective[ˈfɛstlɪç]
festlich is spelled F-E-S-T-L-I-C-H (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festlich is a German adjective meaning “festive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Art und Weise eines Festes, auf ein Fest bezogen”.
What does festlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
festive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in der Art und Weise eines Festes, auf ein Fest bezogen
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 festlich
- festlicher masculine nominative singular
- am festlichsten superlative
- festliche feminine nominative singular
- festliches neuter nominative singular
- festlichen genitive masculine singular
- festlichem dative masculine singular
- der festliche definite includes-article masculine
- die festliche definite feminine includes-article
- das festliche definite includes-article neuter
- die festlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des festlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der festlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem festlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce festlich?
- [ˈfɛstlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to festlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is festlich in German?
festlich appears 1.6 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).