vorst

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔrst/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: vorst
  • Rhymes: -ɔrst

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vorst, a metathetic form of Old Dutch *frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz.

Noun

vorst m (uncountable)

  1. frost, freeze, frosty weather
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vorste, from Old Dutch furista, fursta, from the substantivised weak inflection of Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first”).

Noun

vorst m (plural vorsten, diminutive vorstje n, feminine vorstin)

  1. generic term for prince, monarch, ruler
  2. prince, rendering of tradition-specific title of certain ranks (all below King)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: vors

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch vorst, voerst, from Old Dutch furost, from Proto-Germanic *furhiþą.

Noun

vorst m (plural vorsten, diminutive vorstje n)

  1. wood(land), forest
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vorst

  1. (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of vorsen
  2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of vorsen

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Estonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈv`orst/ invalid IPA characters (`), [ˈv`orst] invalid IPA characters (`)

Noun

vorst (genitive vorsti, partitive vorsti)

  1. sausage

Declension

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz.

Noun

vorst m

  1. frost, icy cold

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading

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