feiern
German (Berlin)
/ˈfaɪ̯ɐn/
verb-weak
Definitions
- (transitive) to celebrate; to party;
- (transitive) to love; to adore
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vīren inherited from Old High German fīrōn.
Origin
Old High German
fīrōn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- party animal English
- feriari Latin
- fērior Latin
- Biest German
- Feierbiest German
- Nationalfeiertag German
- Tag German
- national German
- reinfeiern German
- botvieren Dutch, Flemish
- vieren Dutch, Flemish
- viering Dutch, Flemish
- zegevieren Dutch, Flemish
- feire Norwegian Bokmål
- feira Norwegian Nynorsk
- fejre Danish
- vieren Middle Dutch
- fīrōn Old High German
- vīren Middle High German
- feieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch