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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Feiern

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fai-ern

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Celebrate/ˈsɛl.ə.breɪt/
verbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #1450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Wir feiern den Neujahrstag mit Feuerwerk."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To acknowledge a significant event or occasion with festivities.

    "We celebrate New Year's Eve with fireworks and parties."
  2. 2

    To perform a religious ceremony or rite.

    "The priest will celebrate the mass at noon."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'celebrare', meaning to frequent, honor, or solemnize, originating from 'celer', meaning swift or numerous. Entering Middle English in the 15th century, the term shifted from denoting the regular performance of religious rites to generally observing a notable occasion with social festivities.

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