First

See also: first

English

Etymology
  • As a German surname, variant of Fürst, Furst.
  • As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿירשט‎ (firsht, “prince”), a rendition of the above.
  • As a Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, from the noun firšt (“prince”), a loanword from German and thus related to the above.

Proper noun

First

  1. A surname.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German virst, from Old High German first, perhaps ultimately from a combination of Proto-Indo-European *per- + *steh₂-, similar to Proto-Indo-Iranian *pr̥štʰás (“ridge, back”), Latin postis (“doorpost”), Ancient Greek παστάς (pastás, “porch”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɪʁst/
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Noun

First m (strong, genitive Firstes or Firsts, plural Firste)

  1. ridge (of a roof)

Declension
Declension of First [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der First die Firste
genitive eines des Firstes, Firsts der Firste
dative einem dem First, Firste1 den Firsten
accusative einen den First die Firste

1Now rare, see notes.

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “First”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “First” in Duden online
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