fyrste

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English

Adjective

fyrste (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of first.

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈfyrstə/, [ˈfyɐ̯sd̥ə]

Noun

fyrste c (singular definite fyrsten, plural indefinite fyrster)

  1. prince

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Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Middle Low German vurste.

Noun

fyrste m (definite singular fyrsten, indefinite plural fyrster, definite plural fyrstene)

  1. a prince

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk ordinal numbers
 <  0. 1. 2.  > 
    Cardinal : ein
    Ordinal : fyrste

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fyrstr. Akin to English first.

Alternative forms

Numeral

fyrste

  1. first
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vurste.

Noun

fyrste m (definite singular fyrsten, indefinite plural fyrstar, definite plural fyrstane)

  1. a prince (male ruler of a principality, a non-royal high title of nobility)
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