Festzug

[ˈfɛstˌt͡suːk]

/[ˈfɛstˌt͡suːk]/ noun

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The verdict

“Festzug” is uncommon German (frequency #52,838 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,838
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Umzug durch eine Stadt oder eine Gemeinde anlässlich eines großen Festes

Corpus desk

Index DE-festzug · Festzug · German

Festzug · rank #52,838 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,838
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Festmahl

Nearest frequency peer: Festmahl (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Festzug“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Festzug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Festzug
PropertyValue
HeadwordFestzug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈfɛstˌt͡suːk]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,838
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Festzug“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Festzugfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Festmahl“ (#52,837), „feurig“ (#52,839), „feministischer“ (#52,836). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „Festzug“ bei #52,838. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Festzug is uncommon German at frequency #52,838 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstˌt͡suːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Umzug durch eine Stadt oder eine Gemeinde anlässlich eines großen Festes".

Festzug has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 Festzug, spelled F-E-S-T-Z-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Umzug durch eine Stadt oder eine Gemeinde anlässlich eines großen Festes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Festzug appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die ‚Lade‘ ursprünglich als Schreibtruhe verwendet, in der Amtssiegel, Formulare und Gemeindekasse verwahrt wurden, wird dabei vom Haus des Altbürgermeisters im Rahmen eines Festzuges zum neuen Bürgermeister gebracht.“
  2. „Das pharaonische Gegenstück zu dieser Szene ist der im Tempel zu Luxor dargestellte Festzug der heiligen Barke, die von Militärmusikern begleitet wird.“

Synonyms

FestumzugProzession

This word in other languages

cortège(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Festzug"?
"Festzug" is spelled F-E-S-T-Z-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈfɛstˌt͡suːk].
What does "Festzug" mean?
As a noun, "Festzug" means: Umzug durch eine Stadt oder eine Gemeinde anlässlich eines großen Festes
How do you pronounce "Festzug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Festzug" is [ˈfɛstˌt͡suːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Festzug" come from?
"Festzug" 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 "Festzug", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

essbare#52,826ertrank#52,824fraglos#52,854erfragt#52,815

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list