Reichsfürst
German, noun/ˈʁaɪ̯çsfʏʁst/
Reichsfürst is spelled R-E-I-C-H-S-F-Ü-R-S-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reichsfürst is a German masculine noun meaning “A Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, i.e. ruler, regardless of title, entitled to an individual seat in the Imperial Diet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Adliger, der sein Lehen vom König oder Kaiser erhalten hatte”.
What does Reichsfürst mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, i.e. ruler, regardless of title, entitled to an individual seat in the Imperial Diet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Adliger, der sein Lehen vom König oder Kaiser erhalten hatte
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Reichsfürst
- Reichsfürsten genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Reichsfürst?
- /ˈʁaɪ̯çsfʏʁst/
- [ˈʁaɪ̯çsˌfʏʁst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Reichsfürst in German?
Reichsfürst appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).