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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.
Fürst m (weak, genitive Fürsten, plural Fürsten, feminine Fürstin)
- prince (sovereign prince)
- 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 of Fürst [masculine, weak]
- Fürst on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Fürst” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache