fyrste
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fyrste (not comparable)
Anagrams
[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German vürste and German Fürst, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first”), cognate with English first, Old Norse fyrstr. Doublet of første. The etymon is a calque of prī̆nceps, making this also a doublet of prins.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fyrste c (singular definite fyrsten, plural indefinite fyrster)
- prince (ruler of a principality)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fyrste
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fyrste | fyrsten | fyrster | fyrsterne |
genitive | fyrstes | fyrstens | fyrsters | fyrsternes |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German vurste.
Noun
[edit]fyrste m (definite singular fyrsten, indefinite plural fyrster, definite plural fyrstene)
- a prince
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fyrste” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]< 0. | 1. | 2. > |
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Cardinal : ein Ordinal : fyrste | ||
Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse fyrstr. Akin to English first.
Alternative forms
[edit]Numeral
[edit]fyrste
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Low German vurste.
Noun
[edit]fyrste m (definite singular fyrsten, indefinite plural fyrstar, definite plural fyrstane)
- a prince (male ruler of a principality, a non-royal high title of nobility)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fyrste” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fyrste
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