Pest

pest pěst English Alternative forms en Pesth obsolete Etymology From en hu Pest, ultimately from en cu пещь furnace, oven. Compare de Ofen Buda oven. Pronunciation en /pɛst/ /pɛʃt/ en ɛst ɛʃt 1 en pest Proper noun en historical One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest. en Buda Óbuda en The corresponding part of the current-day <<city:pref/Budapest>>, on the eastern side of the Danube. en Buda en 2014-01-30 Seth Kugel Wintertime Bargains in Budapest w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/travel/wintertime-bargains-in-budapest.html On a drizzly mid-January evening, I stood at the arches of the wall of Buda Castle, overlooking the Danube and the 19th-century Chain Bridge that links Buda with Pest. https://web.archive.org/web/20250821070130/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/travel/wintertime-bargains-in-budapest.html 21 August 2025 en county in central c/Hungary, surrounding Budapest. Coordinate terms Translations area of Budapest Budapest German: de Pest Hungarian: hu Pest Marathi: mr पेश्त Polish: pl Pest m-in Turkish: tr Peşte Ottoman Turkish: ota ⁧⁧پشته⁩ Peşte county Hungarian: hu Pest Polish: pl Pest m-in Anagrams en epst EPTs ESTP PETs STEP Sept Sept. TPEs Teps pets sept sept- spet step step- German Etymology 1 16th century, from de la pestis, in part through de frm peste. Popular shortening of gmh pestilencie (14th c.), from related la pestilentia, may also have contributed (though this is impossible to prove). Pronunciation de /pɛst/ de De-Pest.ogg de ɛst 1 Noun f,en[rare] de usually definite bubonic plague, the plague de Beulenpest Schwarzer Tod de Die Pest wütete besonders in den Städten. The plague devastated especially towns and cities. de in compounds any of various unrelated epidemic diseases affecting animals de Geflügelpest Hasenpest Rinderpest Schweinepest de figurative anything that negatively affects vast areas, especially a natural disaster de Seuche Plage de Ölpest oil spill de Drogenpest drug plague de figurative informal anything terrible or odious de die Wahl zwischen Pest und Cholera a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea between the plague and cholera de Sowas hasse ich wie die Pest. That’s something I really loathe. something I hate like the plague. Declension f,en[rare] Derived terms de Beulenpest Geflügelpest Hühnerpest Lungenpest Ölpest Pestbeule Pestepidemie pestartig Rinderpest Schweinepest verpesten Related terms de Pestilenz Etymology 2 Pronunciation de /pɛst/ /pɛʃt/ Proper noun toponym de quarter city/Budapest c/Hungary Pest de county c/Hungary Pest Further reading Pest_Krankheit Pest, Krankheit Pest_Stadtteil_Budapest Pest, Stadtteil, Budapest Hungarian hu:+ vármegye thumb|Pest as a part of the city of Budapest, marked in green thumb|The location of Pest county on the map of Hungary Etymology hu cu пещь furnace, oven, from hu sla-pro *peťь. Pronunciation hu Pest hu ɛʃt 1 Proper noun hu proper noun hu historical One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest. hu The corresponding part of current-day <<city/Budapest>>, on the eastern side of the Danube. hu Buda hu informal loosely hu Budapest hu administrative county in central c/Hungary, surrounding Budapest, often meant to exclude the capital itself. Declension Peste e sgPest j jei sg Derived terms hu pesti hu Compound words Kispest Újpest See also Hunsrik Pronunciation Noun f plague Further reading