Masculine
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Fürst

Meaning

prince (sovereign prince)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fiirscht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fʏɐ̯st/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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