Festschrift

See also: festschrift

English

Noun

Festschrift (plural Festschriften)

1. Alternative letter-case form of festschrift
   • 1970, P[eter] B. Dews, “Preface”, in P. B. Dews, editor, Festschrift for B. F. Skinner (Century Psychology series), New York, N.Y.: Appleton-Century-Crofts, →ISBN, page x; republished New York, N.Y.: Irvington Publishers, 1977, →ISBN, page x:

     So many people of so many different kinds have been influenced by [Burrhus Frederic] Skinner's work and writings; who should be invited to contribute to a Festschrift volume?

   • 1981, “General Editor’s Preface”, in Wilfred Cantwell Smith, On Understanding Islam: Selected Studies (Religion and Reason; 19), The Hague: Mouton Publishers, →ISBN, page v:

     At the present time a scholar of religion who lectures, reads papers and publishes will inevitably find his various products dispersed over a number of periodicals, Festschriften and other volumes, mostly published in different countries and often in different languages.

   • 2012, Fred Karlsson, “Is there a Crisis in Generative Linguistics?”, in Diana Santos, Krister Lindén, Wanjiku Ng’ang’a, editors, Shall We Play the Festschrift Game?: Essays on the Occasion of Lauri Carlson’s 60th Birthday, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 4:

     Now that I have the privilege of publishing these remarks in Lauri Carlson's Festschrift, I want, by way of conclusion, to briefly address an issue he brought up in his contribution [...] to my Festschrift.

   • 2014, G. M. T. Emezue, Inge Kosch, Maurice Kangel, “Introduction”, in G. M. T. Emezue, Inge Kosch, Maurice Kangel, editors, Justice and Human Dignity in Africa: Collection of Essays in Honour of Professor Austin Chukwu, [s.l.]: HPC Books, →ISBN, page 11:

     Traditional Festschrifts (or Festschriften) are designed by students and colleagues in honour of a person (usually soon to be or a retiree) they know. This action is very noble. However, Michael Taffart observes in "Gardens or Graveyards of a scholarship?" that the most common failings of Festschriften are lack of "themes, insufficient evidence of strong editorial hands and uneven quality throughout the collection."

German

Etymology

From Fest +‎ Schrift.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛstˌʃʁɪft/

• Audio

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Noun

Festschrift f (genitive Festschrift, plural Festschriften)

1. festschrift

Declension

Declension of Festschrift [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Festschrift	die	Festschriften
genitive	einer	der	Festschrift	der	Festschriften
dative	einer	der	Festschrift	den	Festschriften
accusative	eine	die	Festschrift	die	Festschriften

Further reading

• “Festschrift” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Festschrift” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Festschrift” in Duden online
• Festschrift on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de