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Fürst

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See also: furst and Furst

Czech

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Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from German Fürst.

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    Fürst m anim (female equivalent Fürstová)

    1. a male surname from German

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    Further reading

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    • Fürst”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

    German

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    Etymology

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    From Middle High German vürste, from Old High German furisto, from the substantivised weak inflection of Proto-West Germanic *furist, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (first). Calque of Latin prī̆nceps.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /fʏɐ̯st/, /fʏʁst/
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    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

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    Fürst m (weak, genitive Fürsten, plural Fürsten, feminine Fürstin)

    1. prince (sovereign prince)

    Usage notes

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    • Fürst is the title held by the sovereign ruler of a principality or the head of a noble family. The (non-reigning) descendants of a reigning sovereign prince or other monarch hold the title of Prinz (prince) or Prinzessin (princess).

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    Descendants

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    • Estonian: vürst
    • Icelandic: fursti
    • Latvian: firsts
    • Polish: firc
    • Silesian: fyszt
    • Swedish: furste

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    Slovak

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    Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing from German Fürst.

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      Proper noun

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      Fürst m pers (female equivalent Fürstová)

      1. a male surname from German

      Declension

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      Declension of Fürst
      (pattern chlap)
      singularplural 1plural 2
      nominativeFürstFürstoviaFürstovci
      genitiveFürstaFürstovFürstovcov
      dativeFürstoviFürstomFürstovcom
      accusativeFürstaFürstovFürstovcov
      locativeFürstoviFürstochFürstovcoch
      instrumentalFürstomFürstmiFürstovcami

      Further reading

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      • Fürst”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026