Prinz

See also: prinz

English

Etymology

Jewish and German surname, from Prinz (“prince”). Also found in France and Slavicized in several countries such as Slovenia and Slovakia. Compare Printz.

Proper noun

Prinz (plural Prinzes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Prinz is the 17752^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1578 individuals. Prinz is most common among White (93.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Prinz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Alternative forms

• Printz (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps (“first head”), from prīmus (“first”) + capere (“seize, take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɪnt͡s/

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Noun

Prinz m (weak, genitive Prinzen, plural Prinzen)

1. prince

Usage notes

• Prinz is a weak noun in the standard language, but is part of a group of nouns which have a stark tendency to be strong colloquially, so one might hear dem Prinz instead of dem Prinzen.
• Prinz is a title held by the male descendants of a reigning monarch or Fürst. The ruler of a principality or the head of a noble family, which is also translated as prince in English, instead holds the title Fürst.

Declension

Declension of Prinz [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Prinz	die	Prinzen
genitive	eines	des	Prinzen	der	Prinzen
dative	einem	dem	Prinzen	den	Prinzen
accusative	einen	den	Prinzen	die	Prinzen

Hyponyms

• Erbprinz
• Märchenprinz
• Traumprinz

 

Further reading

• “Prinz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Prinz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Prinz” in Duden online
• Prinz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /print͡s/, /prins/

Noun

Prinz m (plural Prinze)

1. prince

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary