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Fürst (, female form Fürstin, plural Fürsten; from Old High German furisto "der Erste", English "the first", a translation of the Latin princeps) is a German word for a ruler and is also a princely title. Fürsten were, since the medieval period, members of the highest nobility who ruled over states of the Holy Roman Empire and later its former territories, below the ruling Kaiser ( emperor) or König ( king). A Prince of the Holy Roman Empire was the reigning sovereign ruler, monarch, of an imperial state that held imperial immediacy in the boundaries of the Holy Roman Empire. The territory ruled is referred to in German as a Fürstentum ( principality), the family dynasty referred to as a Fürstenhaus (princely house), and the (non-reigning) descendants of a Fürst are titled and referred to in German as Prinz ( prince) or Prinzessin (princess).
The English language uses the term prince for both concepts. Latin-based languages (French, Italian, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese) also employ a single term, whereas Dutch as well as the Scandinavian and Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, Serbian, etc.) use separate terms similar to those used in German (see knyaz for the latter).
Since the Middle Ages, the German designation and title Fürst refers to:
- the highest members of the nobility who ruled over the Holy Roman Empire, below the ruling Kaiser ( Emperor) or König ( King);
- members of the nobility above the rank of Graf (Count) but below Herzog (Duke);
- a ruler, monarch.
Fürst (Fuerst) and Furst are surnames which may refer to:
- Alan Furst, Jewish American novelist
- Anton Furst, production designer
- Artur Fürst, German-Jewish writer
- Chajim Fürst (1592 - 1653), Danish-German merchant
- Christiane Fürst (born 1985), German volleyball player
- Edmund Fürst (1874 - 1955), German-Israeli painter and illustrator
- Gebhard Fürst (born 1948), Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
- Griff Furst (born 1981), actor and director
- János Fürst, Hungarian-Jewish conductor
- Joseph Furst, actor
- Julius Fürst (1805 - 1873), German-Jewish orientalist
- Moritz Fuerst (1782 - 1840), Jewish American artist
- Moses Israel Fürst (? - 1692), German Jewish merchant
- Nathan Furst, composer
- Paula Fürst (1894 - 1944), German-Jewish educator and Zionist
- Rafe Furst (born 1968) American entrepreneur and writer
- Stephen Furst (born 1954), actor and director
- Steve Furst (born 1967), comedian and actor
- Walter Fürst (? - 1317), Swiss patriot
Category:German-language surnames
Usage examples of "furst".
These ironclads were accompanied by the large cruisers Friedrich Karl, Prinz Adalbert, Prinz Heinrich, Furst Bismarck, Viktoria Luise, Kaiserin Augusta, and the small cruisers Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Undine, Arcona, Frauenlob, and Medusa.
It woz sumfin that had 2 preserv hoomin form evin in its monstrisness or it coodin funkshin, or mayb bcoz it mite ½ let thi birdz c whot it woz reely like, which givin that birdz doan much like hoomins in thi furst place, is sayin sumfin.
The meetings of the Burschen took place upon a little hill crowned by a ruined castle, which was situated at some distance from Erlangen, and which Sand and Dittmar had called the Ruttli, in memory of the spot where Walter Furst, Melchthal, and Stauffacher had made their vow to deliver their country.
A posh car it was and i seen it before but i woodnt like to do anything without asking you furst if it was all rite and not police becos i never have been mixed up with police and mr Kimble woodnt like it.
Am blo thi levil whare u get askd in yoor sleep otomaticly & mi own wake-up code woz taikin from me by that big bastardin bird whot slapt me down heer in thi furst place & evin tho Ive rimemberd it sinse it juss dozen seem 2 b wurkin no moare.