Wordde vorstMeaningthe monarch / the prince (ruler, sovereign)Part of speechnounPronunciationCourseDutchLessonFormal relative possessives (wiens, wier)Usages of de vorstWe zagen het paleis van de vorst wiens leger machtig was.We saw the palace of the monarch whose army was powerful.Hij praat over het nageslacht alsof hij de machtige vorst zelf is.He talks about the descendants as if he is the powerful monarch himself.