furste

Swedish

Etymology

From German Fürst.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [²fɵʂːʈɛ]
  • Homophone: förste

Noun

furste c

  1. prince
    • 1740, Carl Gyllenborg, Swenska Sprätthöken, page 114:
      Jo, Truls här säger, J är en Grefwe, kan tro, hör ni, ni må wara Grefwe eller Friherre, ja Furste med, hwad bryr jag mig derom, om J will wara wän och du-bror med mig, så är det wäl, hwar och icke så kan det wara mig lika mycket, och så är en ända på det.
      Ay, Truls here saith thou art a Count, belike, mark ye, but whether thou be Count or Baron, ay, Prince too for aught I care, what is that to me, an thou wouldst be friend and thou-brother unto me, so be it, well and good, and if not, it may be all one to me, and so there is an end to it.
    • 1805 September 13, “Stockholm, den 13 Sept. [Stockholm, the 13th of September]”, in Sveriges-Tidningar, number 103, page 1:
      ℌ𝔞𝔫𝔰 𝔎𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔩. ℌ𝔬ͤ𝔤𝔥𝔢𝔱, 𝔇𝔢𝔫 ℌ𝔬ͤ𝔤𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔢 𝔉𝔲𝔯ſ𝔱𝔢, ℌ𝔢𝔯𝔯 CARL GUSTAF, 𝔖𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔢𝔰, 𝔊𝔬ͤ𝔱𝔢𝔰 𝔬𝔠𝔥 𝔚𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔰 𝔄𝔯𝔣. 𝔉𝔲𝔯ſ𝔱𝔢, 𝔖𝔱𝔬𝔯-𝔉𝔲𝔯ſ𝔱𝔢 𝔞𝔣 𝔉𝔦𝔫𝔩𝔞𝔫𝔡 &𝔠. &𝔠. &𝔠., 𝔞𝔣𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔢𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔉𝔬ͤ𝔯ſ𝔶𝔫𝔢𝔫𝔰 ſ𝔨𝔦𝔠𝔨ſ𝔩𝔰𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔫 10 𝔦 𝔡𝔢𝔫𝔫𝔢 𝔪å𝔫𝔞𝔡, 𝔨𝔩𝔬𝔠𝔨𝔞𝔫 3 𝔮𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔱 𝔱𝔦𝔩𝔩 4 𝔢𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔪𝔦𝔡𝔡𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔫 𝔭å 𝔎𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔩. 𝔏𝔲ſ𝔱-𝔖𝔩𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔱 ℌ𝔞𝔤𝔞, 𝔢𝔣𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔢𝔫 𝔩𝔢𝔣𝔫𝔞𝔡 𝔞𝔣 2 å𝔯, 9 𝔪å𝔫𝔞𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔬𝔠𝔥 8 𝔇𝔞𝔤𝔞𝔯; 𝔇𝔢𝔯𝔞𝔰 𝔐𝔞𝔧𝔢ſ𝔱𝔞ͤ𝔱𝔢𝔯 𝔎𝔬𝔫𝔲𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔫, 𝔇𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔫, 𝔈𝔫𝔨𝔢-𝔇𝔯𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔢𝔫, 𝔥𝔢𝔩𝔞 𝔡𝔢𝔱 𝔎𝔬𝔫𝔤𝔩. ℌ𝔲𝔞ſ𝔢𝔱 𝔰𝔞𝔪𝔱 𝔥𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔧𝔢 𝔱𝔯𝔬𝔤𝔢𝔫 𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯ſå𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔦𝔩 𝔬ͤ𝔪𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔱𝔢 ſ𝔬𝔯𝔤 𝔬𝔠𝔥 𝔞𝔣ſ𝔞𝔨𝔫𝔞𝔡.
      Hans Kongl. Hoͤghet, Den Hoͤgborne Furſte, Herr CARL GUSTAF, Sweriges, Goͤtes och Wendes Arf. Furſte, Stor-Furſte af Finland &c. &c. &c., afled efter Foͤrſynens ſkickſlse den 10 i denne månad, klockan 3 qwart till 4 eftermiddagen på Kongl. Luſt-Slottet Haga, efter en lefnad af 2 år, 9 månader och 8 Dagar; Deras Majeſtaͤter Konungen, Drottningen, Enke-Drottningen, hela det Kongl. Huaſet samt hwarje trogen underſåte til oͤmmaste ſorg och afſaknad.
      His Royal Highness, the High-born Prince, Lord CARL GUSTAF, Hereditary Prince of Sweden, Goths and Wends, Grand Prince of Finland, &c. &c. &c., departed this life by the disposition of Providence on the 10th of the present month, at a quarter before four in the afternoon, at the Royal Pleasure Palace of Haga, having lived 2 years, 9 months, and 8 days; to the most tender grief and loss of Their Majesties the King, the Queen, the Dowager Queen, the whole of the Royal House, and every faithful subject.
    • 2024 June 18, Esben Mønster-Kjær, “Listig furste lurade till sig shoguntiteln [Cunning prince tricked his way to the shogun title]”, in Världens Historia:
      En del japaner sörjer verkligen Hide­yoshi men fursten Tokugawa Ieyasu är inte en av dem. Han var Hideyoshis främste rival i maktkampen om Japan, innan han insåg att han skulle förlora och gav upp.
      Some Japanese truly mourn Hideyoshi, but Prince Tokugawa Ieyasu is not one of them. He was Hideyoshi’s main rival in the struggle for power over Japan, until he realised he would lose and gave up.
    • 2025 July 22, “Mörkrets furste är död [The Prince of Parkness is dead]”, in Aftonbladet, sourced from TT News Agency:
      Hela världens hårdrockspappa – mörkrets furste – är död. Ozzy Osbourne har avlidit, 76 år gammal.
      The whole world’s heavy metal dad – the Prince of Darkness – is dead. Ozzy Osbourne has passed away at the age of 76.

Usage notes

The son of a king is called prins (“prince”). Furste is used for monarchs who are not titled king or emperor. Swedish translations of Machiavelli's work are titled Fursten.

Declension

Declension of furste
nominative genitive
singular indefinite furste furstes
definite fursten furstens
plural indefinite furstar furstars
definite furstarna furstarnas

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