fyrste
English
Adjective
fyrste (not comparable)
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German vürste and German Fürst, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first”), cognate with English first, Old Norse fyrstr. Doublet of første.
Pronunciation
Noun
fyrste c (singular definite fyrsten, plural indefinite fyrster)
Inflection
Declension of fyrste
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fyrste | fyrsten | fyrster | fyrsterne |
genitive | fyrstes | fyrstens | fyrsters | fyrsternes |
Derived terms
Further reading
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German vurste.
Noun
fyrste m (definite singular fyrsten, indefinite plural fyrster, definite plural fyrstene)
- a prince
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “fyrste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
< 0. | 1. | 2. > |
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Cardinal : ein Ordinal : fyrste | ||
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fyrstr. Akin to English first.
Alternative forms
Numeral
fyrste
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German vurste.
Noun
fyrste m (definite singular fyrsten, indefinite plural fyrstar, definite plural fyrstane)
- a prince (male ruler of a principality, a non-royal high title of nobility)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “fyrste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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