prins

See also: prîns and prins'

English

Noun

prins

1. plural of prin

Danish

Etymology

Via Middle Low German prinze, German Prinz from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps. Doublet of fyrste via a calque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prenˀs/, [ˈpʰʁ̥ænˀs]

Noun

prins c (singular definite prinsen, plural indefinite prinser)

1. prince (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch)

   Synonym: kongesøn

2. prince consort (husband of a ruling queen)

   Synonym: prinsgemal

3. prince (male ruler or head of a principality)

   Synonym: fyrste

Declension

Declension of prins

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prins	prinsen	prinser	prinserne
genitive	prins'	prinsens	prinsers	prinsernes

Derived terms

• arveprins
• kronprins (“crown prince”)
• prinsesse (“princess”)
• prinsgemal (“prince consort”)

Further reading

• “prins” in Den Danske Ordbog
• prins on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch prince, from Old French prince, from Latin princeps (“first”), notably in princeps civitatis (“first citizen”), the primary title of the Roman 'emperor' under the still republican constitution.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɪns/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɪns

Noun

prins m (plural prinsen, diminutive prinsje n, feminine prinses)

1. prince

Derived terms

• prins-bisschop
• prins-regent
• prinsbisdom
• prinsdom
• prinselijk
• prinsheerlijk
• Prinsjesdag

Descendants

• Negerhollands: prints
• → Papiamentu: prens, prins

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse prinz, from Middle Low German prinse, from Latin princeps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰrɪns]
• Rhymes: -ɪns

Noun

prins m (genitive singular prins, nominative plural prinsar)

1. prince

Declension

Declension of prins (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	prins	prinsinn	prinsar	prinsarnir
accusative	prins	prinsinn	prinsa	prinsana
dative	prinsi, prins	prinsinum	prinsum	prinsunum
genitive	prins	prinsins	prinsa	prinsanna

See also

• prinsessa
• fursti

Middle French

Verb

prins m (feminine prinse, masculine plural prins, feminine plural prinses)

1. past participle of prendre
   • 1545, Epistres morales et familieres, folio vii recto:

     Pourquoy as tu prins par exaction, / L’homme remply de conſolation ?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Verb

prins

1. first/second-person singular past historic of prendre
   • 1542, Les Œuvres de Clement Marot de Cahors, folio 73r:

     La nuict ie prins d’elle ung fruict ſauoureux, / […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1600, La plaisante, et ioyevse histoyre du grand geant Gargantua, page 56:

     Quoy ? diſt Grandgoſier, mon petit couillon as tu prins au pot ? veu que tu rimes deſia ?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse prinz, from Middle Low German prinse, from Old French prince, from Latin princeps.

Noun

prins m (definite singular prinsen, indefinite plural prinser, definite plural prinsene)

1. a prince (son or male-line grandson of a monarch)

Synonyms

• fyrste

Derived terms

• kronprins
• prinsregent

References

• “prins” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old French prince, from Latin princeps.

Noun

prins m (definite singular prinsen, indefinite plural prinsar, definite plural prinsane)

1. a prince (son or male-line grandson of a monarch)

Synonyms

• fyrste

Derived terms

• kronprins
• prinsregent

References

• “prins” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin prensus, variant of prehensus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prins/

Verb

prins

1. past participle of prinde

Adjective

prins m or n (feminine singular prinsă, masculine plural prinși, feminine/neuter plural prinse)

1. caught, nabbed
2. captive, prisoner

Declension

Declension of prins

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	prins		prinsă	prinși	prinse
	definite	prinsul		prinsa	prinșii	prinsele
genitive- dative	indefinite	prins		prinse	prinși	prinse
	definite	prinsului		prinsei	prinșilor	prinselor

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

prins c (feminine: prinsessa)

1. a prince (son or male-line grandson of a monarch)

Declension

Declension of prins

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	prins	prins
	definite	prinsen	prinsens
plural	indefinite	prinsar	prinsars
	definite	prinsarna	prinsarnas

Derived terms

• kronprins
• prinsessa
• prinsgemål
• prinskorv
• prinskrona
• prinsregent
• prinstitel

Descendants

• → Finnish: prinssi

References

• “prins”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “prins”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “prins”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

West Frisian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French prince, from Latin princeps. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

prins c (plural prinsen, diminutive prinske)

1. A prince.

Derived terms

• prinsesse