feest

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feːst/

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• Hyphenation: feest
• Rhymes: -eːst

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch fêeste, from Old French feste, from Latin fēstum.

Noun

feest n (plural feesten, diminutive feestje n)

1. party
2. feast
3. celebration

Derived terms

• coronafeest
• dansfeest
• familiefeest
• feest der herkenning
• Feest van de Arbeid
• feestelijk
• feesten
• huisfeest
• kerstfeest
• kinderfeest
• lentefeest
• lichtfeest
• Loofhuttenfeest
• paasfeest
• sinterklaasfeest
• verjaardagsfeest
• volksfeest
• was het maar zo'n feest

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: fees
• Negerhollands: feesa
• → Dutch Low Saxon: feest
• → Javanese: fés
• → Sranan Tongo: fesa
  • → Caribbean Javanese: fés
• → West Frisian: feestje (diminutive form)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

feest

1. inflection of feesten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative