vorst

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrst
  • IPA(key): /vɔrst/

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch vorst, a metathetic form of Old Dutch *frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz.

Noun

vorst m (uncountable)

  1. frost, freeze, frosty weather
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch vorste, from Old Dutch furista, fursta, from the substantivised weak inflection of Proto-Germanic *furistaz (“first”).

Noun

vorst m (plural vorsten, diminutive vorstje n, feminine vorstin)

  1. generic term for prince, monarch, ruler
  2. prince, rendering of tradition-specific title of certain ranks (all below King)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch vorst, voerst, from Old Dutch furost, from Proto-Germanic *furhiþą.

Noun

vorst m (plural vorsten, diminutive vorstje n)

  1. wood(land), forest
Derived terms
  • vorster

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vorst

  1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of vorsen
  2. (archaic) plural imperative of vorsen

References
  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Estonian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vˈorst/

Noun

vorst (genitive vorsti, partitive vorsti)

  1. sausage

Declension
Declension of vorst (type riik)
singular plural
nominative vorst vorstid
genitive vorsti vorstide
partitive vorsti vorste / vorstisid
illative vorsti / vorstisse vorstidesse
inessive vorstis vorstides
elative vorstist vorstidest
allative vorstile vorstidele
adessive vorstil vorstidel
ablative vorstilt vorstidelt
translative vorstiks vorstideks
terminative vorstini vorstideni
essive vorstina vorstidena
abessive vorstita vorstideta
comitative vorstiga vorstidega

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *frost, from Proto-Germanic *frustaz.

Noun

vorst m

  1. frost, icy cold

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: vorst
  • Limburgish: vrós

Further reading
  • “vorst (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “vorst (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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