Fürstenbank
German edit
Etymology edit
From Fürst (“prince”) + -en- + Bank (“bench”). See Medieval Latin scamnum principum.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Fürstenbank f (proper noun, genitive Fürstenbank)
- (historical) The college of Imperial Princes. (The College of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire
- Synonym: Reichsfürstenrat
Declension edit
Declension of Fürstenbank [sg-only, feminine]
Holonyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
- Kurfürstenrat (“College of Electors”)
- Grafenbank (“College of Counts”)
- Städtebank (“College of Towns”)
Further reading edit
- “Fürstenbank” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Fürstenbank, drw.hadw-bw.de