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prins

See also: prîns and prins'

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Noun

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prins

  1. plural of prin

Danish

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Etymology

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Via Middle Low German prinze, German Prinz from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps. Doublet of fyrste via a calque.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /prenˀs/, [ˈpʰʁ̥ænˀs]

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prins c (singular definite prinsen, plural indefinite prinser)

  1. prince (son or male-line grandson of a reigning monarch)
    Synonym: kongesøn
  2. prince consort (husband of a ruling queen)
    Synonym: prinsgemal
  3. prince (male ruler or head of a principality)
    Synonym: fyrste

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Declension of prins
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative prins prinsen prinser prinserne
genitive prins' prinsens prinsers prinsernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch prince, from Old French prince, from Latin princeps (“first”), notably in princeps civitatis (“first citizen”), the primary title of the Roman 'emperor' under the still republican constitution.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /prɪns/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪns

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prins m (plural prinsen, diminutive prinsje n, feminine prinses)

  1. prince

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Descendants

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  • Negerhollands: prints
  • → Papiamentu: prens, prins

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse prinz, from Middle Low German prinse, from Latin princeps.

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prins m (genitive singular prins, nominative plural prinsar)

  1. prince

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Declension of prins (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative prins prinsinn prinsar prinsarnir
accusative prins prinsinn prinsa prinsana
dative prinsi, prins prinsinum prinsum prinsunum
genitive prins prinsins prinsa prinsanna

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Middle French

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Verb

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prins m (feminine prinse, masculine plural prins, feminine plural prinses)

  1. past participle of prendre

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prins

  1. first/second-person singular past historic of prendre
    • 1542, Les Œuvres de Clement Marot de Cahors, folio 73r:
      La nuict ie prins d’elle ung fruict ſauoureux, / […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1600, La plaisante, et ioyevse histoyre du grand geant Gargantua, page 56:
      Quoy ? diſt Grandgoſier, mon petit couillon as tu prins au pot ? veu que tu rimes deſia ?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Old Norse prinz, from Middle Low German prinse, from Old French prince, from Latin princeps.

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prins m (definite singular prinsen, indefinite plural prinser, definite plural prinsene)

  1. a prince (son or male-line grandson of a monarch)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old French prince, from Latin princeps.

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prins m (definite singular prinsen, indefinite plural prinsar, definite plural prinsane)

  1. a prince (son or male-line grandson of a monarch)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin prensus, variant of prehensus.

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prins

  1. past participle of prinde

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prins m or n (feminine singular prinsă, masculine plural prinși, feminine/neuter plural prinse)

  1. caught, nabbed
  2. captive, prisoner

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Declension of prins
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite prins prinsă prinși prinse
definite prinsul prinsa prinșii prinsele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite prins prinse prinși prinse
definite prinsului prinsei prinșilor prinselor

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

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prins c (feminine: prinsessa)

  1. a prince (son or male-line grandson of a monarch)

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Declension of prins
nominative genitive
singular indefinite prins prins
definite prinsen prinsens
plural indefinite prinsar prinsars
definite prinsarna prinsarnas

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Old French prince, from Latin princeps. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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prins c (plural prinsen, diminutive prinske)

  1. A prince.

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