Noun: fyrste
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | fyrste |
| Sg. definite | fyrsten |
| Pl. indefinite | fyrster |
| Pl. definite | fyrsterne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | fyrstes |
| Sg. definite | fyrstens |
| Pl. indefinite | fyrsters |
| Pl. definite | fyrsternes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like fyrste
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: German Nouns '
Fürst', English Nouns '
first', Old Norse Nouns '
fyrstr'.
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