how to pronounce князь

/knʲæsʲ/

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князь is pronounced in one syllable

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nʲ

sʲ

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An example use of князь in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… обучения и князь этом году камня в …”

meanings of князь

noun:

Prince; duke.

князь frequency in russian - C1 level of CEFR

the word князь occurs in russian on average 13.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.