Fürst
Czech
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from German Fürst.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɪrst]
Proper noun
Fürst m anim (female equivalent Fürstová)
- 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
Noun
Fürst m (weak, genitive Fürsten, plural Fürsten, feminine Fürstin)
- 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]
Hyponyms
- Großfürst
- Kirchenfürst
- Kurfürst
- Landesfürst
- Reichsfürst
- Stammesfürst
Derived terms
- Fürstin
- fürsten
- gefürstet
- Fürstung
- fürstlich
- Fürstentum
Related terms
- Fürst der Finsternis
- Fürstabt
- Fürstbischof
- Fürstbistum
- Fürstenbahnhof
- Fürstenbank
- Fürstengrab
- Fürstenhaus
- Fürstenhof
- Fürstenhut
- Fürstenkind
- Fürstenkongress
- Fürstenkrone
- Fürstenloge
- Fürstenmantel
- Fürstenpalast
- Fürstenrat
- Fürstenschloss
- Fürstenschule
- Fürstensitz
- Fürstensohn
- Fürstenspiegel
- Fürstenstaat
- Fürstenstand
- Fürstenstuhl
- Fürstentafel
- Fürstentag
- Fürstenthron
- Fürstentitel
- Fürstentochter
- Fürstentreffen
- Fürstenwahl
- Fürstenwald
- Fürstenzimmer
Descendants
- → 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)
- a male surname from German
Declension
| 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