uns
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Noun
uns
Anagrams
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
Pronunciation
Article
uns m pl
Noun
uns
Etymology
Inherited from Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
Pronunciation
Noun
uns m
Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Article
uns m pl (masculine singular un, feminine singular unha, feminine plural unhas)
Further reading
- “un”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
uns
- accusative/dative of wir: us
- reflexive pronoun of wir
See also
Further reading
Romanization
uns
- Romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐍃
Pronunciation
Pronoun
uns
- accusative/dative of meer
Inflection
| nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
| 1st person singular | ich | -ich | mich
meich |
meer | mer
m'r | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) |
du | -du, -de
-Dau, -De |
dich | deer | der
d'r/D'r | |
| 3rd person singular (m.) | er; där | -er | ihn | en | ihm | em |
| 3rd person singular (f.) | sie; die | -se | sie / ihns | se | eer | re |
| 3rd person singular (n.) | es; das | 's | es |
-et, -'t |
ihm | em |
| 1st person plural | meer | mer | uns | |||
| 2nd person plural | deer
Ehr, Dehr |
der | eich | |||
| 3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne | |
Hunsrik personal pronouns
Further reading
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʏns
Conjunction
uns
Etymology
From Old Saxon ūs, from Proto-Germanic *uns.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
uns
- (personal pronoun, first person, in the plural, accusative) us
- (personal pronoun, first person, in the plural, dative) us
- (possessive, first person, in the plural) our
Declension
Personal pronoun:
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | ik (ek) | mî (mê, mik, mek) | mîn (mîner) | ||
| 2nd person singular | dû | dî (dê, dik, dek) | dîn (dîner) | ||
| 3rd person singular | |||||
| m | hê (hî, hie) | ēne, en (ȫne, ȫn) | ēme, em (ȫme, en) | sîn (sîner) | |
| n | it (et) | ||||
| f | sê (sî, sie, sü̂) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | |||
| 1st person plural | wî (wê, wie) | uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik) | unser (ûser) | ||
| 2nd person plural | gî (jê, î) | jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik) | jûwer (ûwer) | ||
| 3rd person plural | sê (sî, sie) | em, öm, jüm (en, ēnen, ȫnen) | ēre, ēr (ērer, ȫrer) | ||
|
For an explanation of the forms in brackets see here. | |||||
Middle Low German personal pronouns
Possessive pronoun:
| nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong declension | ||||
| Masculine | uns | unsen | unsem(e) (unsennote) | unses |
| Neuter | uns | |||
| Feminine | unse | unser(e) | ||
| Plural | unse | unsen | unser(e) | |
| Weak declension | ||||
| Masculine | unse | unsen | unsen | |
| Neuter | unse | |||
| Feminine | unsen | |||
| Plural | unsen | |||
| The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period. | ||||
Declension of uns
Alternative forms
Descendants
- German Low German: uns
Article
uns
- some (masculine oblique plural indefinite article)
- a, an (masculine nominative singular indefinite article)
Declension
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
uns
- accusative/dative of mir: us, to us
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person familiar |
2nd person polite/formal |
3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| m | f | n | |||||||
| nominative | ich | du de1 |
dihr der1 Sie |
er | sie se1 |
es | mir mer1 |
dihr der1 |
sie |
| dative | mir mer1 |
dir der1 |
eich Ihne Ne1 |
ihm em1 |
ihre re1 |
ihm em1 |
uns | eich | ihne ne1 |
| accusative | mich | dich | eich Sie |
ihn en1 |
sie se1 |
es | sie | ||
Pennsylvania German personal pronouns
1unstressed
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: uns
Article
uns
- masculine plural of um
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 151:
- Devagarinho, ela foi se abaixando para pegar uma saca a seus pés, despejou-a, e caíram na cama uns pedacinhos de madeira e gravetos, tudo que restava da fiel vassoura de Harry, enfim derrotada.
- Very slowly, she was kneeling down to get a sack on his feet, she emptied it, and some little fragments and chips of wood fell on the bed, everything what remained from the loyal Harry's broom, finally defeated.
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 130:
- Hagrid só se atrasou uns minutinhos — comentou Hermione.
- Hagrid is only a few minutes late — Hermione commented.
See also
Noun
uns
Pronoun
uns
Adverb
uns
Etymology
Past participle of unge.
Adjective
uns m or n (feminine singular unsă, masculine plural unși, feminine and neuter plural unse)
Declension
Etymology
From Latin uncia (“twelfth”), via either Danish unse, Middle Low German unse, German Unze, or French once.
Noun
uns n
- an ounce (31 grams)
- 1 lödig mark = 8 uns = 16 lod = 64 kvintin
- a tiny bit, an ounce, a shred
- Det fanns inte ett uns av sanning i anklagelserna
- There wasn't an ounce of truth to the accusations
Declension
Declension of uns
Further reading
- uns in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- uns in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- uns in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Uns in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1920)
- uns in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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