vorst

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • 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 Latin forestis.

Noun

vorst m (plural vorsten, diminutive vorstje n)

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

Etymology 4

See etymology on 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

Noun

vorst (genitive vorsti, partitive vorsti)

  1. sausage

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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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