Feston
[fɛsˈtɔ̃ː]
The verdict
“Feston” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ornament in Form einer Girlande aus Blumen, Blättern und Früchten
Corpus desk
Index DE-feston · Feston · German
Feston · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Feston |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɛsˈtɔ̃ː] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Feston“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Feston is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɛsˈtɔ̃ː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Feston in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Feston, spelled F-E-S-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ornament in Form einer Girlande aus Blumen, Blättern und Früchten
- 2arkadenförmige Bordüre zur Verzierung von Tisch-, Bett- und Nachtwäsche, Taschentüchern, Gardinen, Kleidungsstücken und so weiter
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Feston appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Außer in der vorstehenden, an architektonischen Elementen und Mobiliar verbreiteten Form tritt das Feston auch als arkadenförmige Bordüre zur Verzierung von Tisch-, Bett- und Nachtwäsche, Taschentüchern, Gardinen, Kleidungsstücken usw. auf."
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.