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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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Fürst m anim (female equivalent Fürstová)

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

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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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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).

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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

Further reading

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Fürst.

Pronunciation

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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, 2003–2025