noun
festival
A2
Festival: a public celebration or event, often music or cultural. German noun das Festival (neuter). Plural Festivals with -s. No irregular declension. Used like 'auf einem Festival sein' (auf + Dative). Borrowed from English; pronunciation and usage follow modern loanword patterns.
Examples
Ich gehe auf ein Festival.
I'm going to a festival.
Das Team plante das Festival sorgfältig, weil viele Gäste erwartet wurden.
The team planned the festival carefully because many guests were expected.
Im Sommer gehe ich auf ein Festival.
I'm going to a festival in the summer.
Details
Mnemonics
Picture a large outdoor stage with a banner reading 'Festival'.
Same as English 'festival' — very similar sound and meaning.
das — 'das Festival' like other neuter event-nouns.
Notes
A loanword from English; used for music and cultural events.