Masculine
🤴
Fürst
prince (sovereign prince)
Frequency
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.
Related words
książę
Sign in to write sticky notes
Start learning German with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "Fürst" and many other words and sentences in German.