første

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse fyrstr, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz, cognate with Swedish först, English first, German Fürst (prince, noun). Doublet of fyrste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fœrstə/, ,
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Adjective

første (uninflected)

  1. first
  2. the former

Numeral

første

  1. first

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fyrstr, from Proto-Germanic *furistaz, cognate with Swedish först, English first, German Fürst (prince, noun).

Adjective

første (indeclinable)

  1. first

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

første (indeclinable)

  1. alternative form of fyrste

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