Festschrift
German, noun/ˈfɛstˌʃʁɪft/
Festschrift is spelled F-E-S-T-S-C-H-R-I-F-T (11 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Festschrift is a German feminine noun meaning “festschrift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Publikation mit verschiedenen (akademischen) Beiträgen zu Ehren einer Person oder Institution aus bestimmtem…”.
What does Festschrift mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefestschrift
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Publikation mit verschiedenen (akademischen) Beiträgen zu Ehren einer Person oder Institution aus bestimmtem Anlass (Jubiläum oder Ähnliches)
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 Festschrift
- Festschriften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Festschrift?
- /ˈfɛstˌʃʁɪft/
- [ˈfɛstˌʃʁɪft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Festschrift
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Festschrift in German?
Festschrift appears 4.4 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).