fyrste

English

Adjective

fyrste (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete form of first.

Danish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfyrstə/, [ˈfyɐ̯sd̥ə]

Noun

fyrste c (singular definite fyrsten, plural indefinite fyrster)

  1. prince

Declension
Declension of fyrste
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fyrste fyrsten fyrster fyrsterne
genitive fyrstes fyrstens fyrsters fyrsternes

Derived terms
  • fyrstehus

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vurste

Noun

fyrste m (definite singular fyrsten, indefinite plural fyrster, definite plural fyrstene)

  1. a prince

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk
Norwegian Nynorsk ordinal numbers
 <  0. 1. 2.  > 
    Cardinal : ein
    Ordinal : fyrste

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²fʏrstə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse fyrstr. Akin to English first.

Alternative forms

Numeral

fyrste

  1. (ordinal) first

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German vurste

Noun

fyrste m (definite singular fyrsten, indefinite plural fyrstar, definite plural fyrstane)

  1. a prince (male ruler of a principality, a non-royal high title of nobility)
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