Why is it die Feste?
Feste ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.
All nouns ending in -e die
Examples
[1] "In Lützel on Trierer Strasse, for example, there were houses whose windows went to Bruch due to the explosions of the festivals and their masonry was cracked"
[1] „In Lützel an der Trierer Straße gab es beispielsweise Häuser, deren Fenster durch die Sprengungen der Feste Franz zu Bruch gingen und deren Mauerwerk rissig wurde.“
[2] “God made the party and retired the water under the festival from the water above the festival and it happened. And God called the firm sky. "
[2] „Da machte Gott die Feste und schied das Wasser unter der Feste von dem Wasser über der Feste. Und es geschah also. Und Gott nannte die Feste Himmel.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Feste | die Festen |
| Genitiv | der Feste | der Festen |
| Dativ | der Feste | den Festen |
| Akkusativ | die Feste | die Festen |
Pronunciation
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