Fürst der Finsternis
[ˈfʏʁst deːɐ̯ ˈfɪnstɐnɪs]
The verdict
“Fürst der Finsternis” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beiname des Teufels
Corpus desk
Index DE-furst-der-finsternis · Fürst der Finsternis · German
Fürst der Finsternis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fürst der Finsternis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈfʏʁst deːɐ̯ ˈfɪnstɐnɪs] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fürst der Finsternis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fürst der Finsternis is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈfʏʁst deːɐ̯ ˈfɪnstɐnɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Beiname des Teufels".
Fürst der Finsternis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Fürst der Finsternis, spelled F-Ü-R-S-T- -D-E-R- -F-I-N-S-T-E-R-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1Beiname des Teufels
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fürst der Finsternis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das ist Satan. Natürlich ist das Satan. Geneigter Twitterer, der Fürst der Finsternis behauptet, er sei der Autor meiner Lebensgeschichte - er habe mich gewissermaßen ins Dasein geschrieben -, und ich sei ungefähr so real wie Jane Eyre oder Huckleberry Finn.“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.