Fürst

See also: furst and Furst

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Fürst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪrst]

Proper noun

Fürst m anim (female equivalent Fürstová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Fürst (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Fürst	Fürstové
genitive	Fürsta	Fürstů
dative	Fürstovi	Fürstům
accusative	Fürsta	Fürsty
vocative	Fürste	Fürstové
locative	Fürstovi	Fürstech
instrumental	Fürstem	Fürsty

Further reading

• “Fürst”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /fʏɐ̯st/, /fʏʁst/

• Audio:

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Noun

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

1. prince (sovereign prince)

Usage notes

• 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”).

Declension

Declension of Fürst [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Fürst	die	Fürsten
genitive	eines	des	Fürsten	der	Fürsten
dative	einem	dem	Fürsten	den	Fürsten
accusative	einen	den	Fürsten	die	Fürsten

Derived terms

• Fürst der Finsternis
• Fürstabt
• Fürstentum
• fürstlich
• Großfürst
• Kurfürst
• Landesfürst
• Reichsfürst

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Fürst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Fürst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Slovak

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Fürst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fyrst]

Proper noun

Fürst m pers (female equivalent Fürstová)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Fürst
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Fürst	Fürstovia	Fürstovci
genitive	Fürsta	Fürstov	Fürstovcov
dative	Fürstovi	Fürstom	Fürstovcom
accusative	Fürsta	Fürstov	Fürstovcov
locative	Fürstovi	Fürstoch	Fürstovcoch
instrumental	Fürstom	Fürstmi	Fürstovcami

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2025