Festlichkeit

German

Etymology

festlich +‎ -keit

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstlɪçkaɪ̯t/
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Noun

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festivity
- 1797, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Ein Sommernachtstraum‎, translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, [Act IV, scene i]:
  Wir tanzen morgen Mitternacht erfreut / In Theseus' Hause bei der Festlichkeit / Und segnen es mit aller Herrlichkeit.
  And will to-morrow midnight solemnly / Dance in Duke Theseus' house triumphantly, / And bless it to all fair prosperity:

Declension

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Further reading

“Festlichkeit” in Duden online
“Festlichkeit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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