Zuckerfest

German

Etymology

From Zucker (“sugar”) +‎ Fest (“festival, celebration”); calque of Turkish Şeker Bayramı.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sʊkɐˌfɛst/
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  • Hyphenation: Zu‧cker‧fest

Proper noun

Zuckerfest n (proper noun, strong, genitive Zuckerfestes or Zuckerfests)

  1. (Islam) Eid al-Fitr; the religious celebration at the end of Ramadan, on the first day of the tenth month of the Muslim lunar calendar.
    • 2022 May 1, Bobby Rafiq, “Ramadan endet – Zuckerfest beginnt: Happy Zuckerfest, Folks!”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      An diesem Sonntag endet der Fastenmonat Ramadan, und am Montag dann beginnt das jährliche Zuckerfest. Von da an wird die Bauchspeicheldrüse zum fleißigen Sisyphos: Dem gerade mühsam gesenkten Zuckerspiegel folgt der nächste Glukose-Booster.
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Further reading
  • “Zuckerfest” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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