Festtagen

[ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩]

/[ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Festtagen” is uncommon German (frequency #51,306 among 45,736 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,306
frequency rank, German
45,736
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Festtag

Corpus desk

Index DE-festtagen · Festtagen · German

Festtagen · rank #51,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,306
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 45,736
  • PHOTO-FINISH festrede

Nearest frequency peer: festrede (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “Festtagen”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Festtagen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Festtagen
PropertyValue
HeadwordFesttagen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,306
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Festtagen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Festtagen lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Festtagen is uncommon German at frequency #51,306 among 45,736 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Festtag".

Zero misspellings are on record for Festtagen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Festtagen, spelled F-E-S-T-T-A-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Festtag

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Festtagen"?
"Festtagen" is spelled F-E-S-T-T-A-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩].
What does "Festtagen" mean?
As a noun, "Festtagen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Festtag
How do you pronounce "Festtagen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Festtagen" is [ˈfɛstˌtaːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Festtagen" come from?
"Festtagen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list