Totenfest

German

Etymology

Toter +‎ Fest

Noun

Totenfest n (strong, genitive Totenfestes or Totenfests, plural Totenfeste)

1. A feast of commemoration for the souls of the departed.
2. (Protestantism) A Lutheran feast day observed on the last Sunday before the First Sunday of Advent.

   Synonym: Totensonntag

3. (Roman Catholicism) All Souls' Day

   Synonym: Allerseelen

Declension

Declension of Totenfest [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Totenfest	die	Totenfeste
genitive	eines	des	Totenfestes, Totenfests	der	Totenfeste
dative	einem	dem	Totenfest, Totenfeste1	den	Totenfesten
accusative	ein	das	Totenfest	die	Totenfeste

¹Now rare, see notes.

See also

• Christkönigsfest (a Catholic feast day observed on the same Sunday as the Lutheran observance)

Further reading

• “Totenfest” in Duden online