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 ==== === 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/ === 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 ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Fürstin fürsten gefürstet Fürstung fürstlich Fürstentum ==== Related terms ==== ==== 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[1] (in German) == Slovak == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Fürst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fyrst/, [ˈfyrst] Rhymes: -yrst === Proper noun === Fürst m pers (female equivalent Fürstová) a male surname from German ==== Declension ==== === 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, 2003–2026