Definition
A large event with several performances, concerts, or other cultural activities.
Translations
- English
- festival
- Français
- festival
- Türkçe
- festival
- Polski
- festiwal
- Русский
- фестиваль
- Українська
- фестиваль
GERMAN DICTIONARY
das Festival
- A2
- Noun
- Leisure & Hobbies
- Countries & Cultures
festival
/das fɛstiˈvaːl/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- das
- Gender
- Neuter
- Plural
- Festivals
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A2
- Topics
- Leisure & HobbiesPrimaryCountries & Cultures
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Das Festival beginnt heute Abend.NominativSing.The festival begins this evening.
- Wir besuchen das Festival am Samstag.AkkusativSing.We are attending the festival on Saturday.
- Wir nähern uns dem Festival langsam.DativSing.We are slowly approaching the festival.
- Die Dauer des Festivals beträgt drei Tage.GenitivSing.The festival lasts three days.
- Festivals bieten oft ein vielfältiges Kulturprogramm.NominativPlur.Festivals often offer a diverse cultural program.
- Viele Menschen besuchen Festivals im Sommer.AkkusativPlur.Many people attend festivals in summer.
- Die Besucher geben Festivals eine besondere Atmosphäre.DativPlur.The visitors give festivals a special atmosphere.
- Die Programme der Festivals sind sehr abwechslungsreich.GenitivPlur.The festivals' programs are very varied.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Festival/fɛstiˈvaːl/
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Article phrase
das Festival/das fɛstiˈvaːl/
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Plural
Festivals/fɛstiˈvaːls/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Festival | die Festivals |
| Akkusativ | das Festival | die Festivals |
| Dativ | dem Festival | den Festivals |
| Genitiv | des Festivals | der Festivals |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Collocationein Festival besuchen
- Adjective combinationein großes Festival
- Collocationein Festival veranstalten
- Prepositional constructionauf einem Festival tanzenauf + Dativ
- Sentence patternDas Festival findet jedes Jahr im Sommer statt.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Broader termVeranstaltung — event
A Festival is a Veranstaltung with a cultural program and several offerings; Veranstaltung can also refer to many other types of events.
- Semantically relatedKonzert — concert
- Semantically relatedTheateraufführung
A Theateraufführung can take place at a Festival, but refers only to a single performing-arts event.
- Narrower termMusikfestival
A Musikfestival is a Festival whose program consists mainly of concerts and other musical offerings.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
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