eins
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eins m pl (plural only)
German edit
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Cardinal: eins, (before a noun) ein Ordinal: erste Sequence adverb: erstens Ordinal abbreviation: 1. Adverbial: einmal Adverbial abbreviation: 1-mal Multiplier: einfach Multiplier abbreviation: 1-fach Fractional: Ganzes | ||||
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Etymology edit
From eines, originally the neuter form of ein. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainatō, the singular neuter form of Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”).
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
eins
- (cardinal number) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
- die Nummer eins ― the number one
- eins plus zwei ― one plus two
- hundert und eins ― one hundred and one
- Absatz eins ― paragraph one
- (colloquial) one, one o'clock
- Es ist eins. ― It's one [o'clock].
- um eins ― at one
- nach eins ― after one
- kurz vor eins ― shortly before one
- ab eins ― from one [o'clock]
- bis eins ― until one
- Es ist Punkt eins. ― It's one o'clock sharp
- halb eins ― half past twelve (literally, “half one”)
Declension edit
- In adjectival use (that is, with a following noun):
Declension of ein | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | ein | eine | ein | – |
genitive | eines | einer | eines | – |
dative | einem | einer | einem | – |
accusative | einen | eine | ein | – |
- In substansive use (that is, without a following noun):
Declension of einer | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | einer | eine | eines eins |
– |
genitive | eines | einer | eines | – |
dative | einem | einer | einem | – |
accusative | einen | eine | eines eins |
– |
With the definite article (e.g. der eine):
Declension of eine | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | eine | eine | eine | einen |
genitive | einen | einen | einen | einen |
dative | einen | einen | einen | einen |
accusative | einen | eine | eine | einen |
Coordinate terms edit
German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
German cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundert, einhundert
- 103: tausend, eintausend
- 104: zehntausend (Myriade)
- 106: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
- 109: Milliarde
- 1012: Billion
- 1015: Billiarde
- 1018: Trillion
- 1021: Trilliarde
- 1024: Quadrillion
- 1027: Quadrilliarde
- 1030: Quintillion
- 1033: Quintilliarde
- 1036: Sextillion
- 1039: Sextilliarde
- 1042: Septillion
- 1045: Septilliarde
- 1048: Oktillion
- 1051: Oktilliarde
- 1054: Nonillion
- 1057: Nonilliarde
- 1060: Dezillion
- 1063: Dezilliarde
- 1066: Undezillion
- 1069: Undezilliarde
- 1072: Duodezillion
- 1075: Duodezilliarde
- 1078: Tredezillion
- 1081: Tredezilliarde
- 1084: Quattuordezillion
- 1087: Quattuordezilliarde
…
- 10100: Googol
…
- 10120: Vigintillion
- 10123: Vigintilliarde
…
Pronoun edit
eins
- Alternative form of eines: strong nominative/accusative neuter singular of einer
- Meine Schwester hat ein Fahrrad und ich will auch eins.
- My sister has a bike and I want one too.
Usage notes edit
Only this form is commonly heard in colloquial German. In formal writing, eins is also perfectly acceptable but somewhat less frequent than eines.
Adverb edit
eins
- (somewhat informal) only used in sich eins sein (“to agree”) and eins werden (“to arrive at an agreement”)
- Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden. ― We couldn't agree on the price.
Synonyms edit
einig (more common)
Further reading edit
- “eins” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “eins” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “eins” in Duden online
- eins on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
eins
Derived terms edit
- alveg eins (“exactly alike, identical”)
- eins og (“similar to, identical to”)
- undir eins (“immediately”)
- falla eins og flís við rass
Conjunction edit
eins
- equally; as
- Ég ætla að lesa eins hratt og ég get. ― I'm going to read as fast as I can.
- Ég hef aldrei keyrt eins mikið. ― I have never driven that much.
Usage notes edit
Used with og (“and”) when comparing with something else ("eins mikið og það" ― as much as that).
Derived terms edit
- eins gott (“you better!”)
Numeral edit
eins
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse eins, genitive of einn, where it also was an adverb.
Adjective edit
eins (singular and plural eins)
Derived terms edit
Determiner edit
eins
References edit
- “eins” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Inflected form of einn.
Adverb edit
eins
Descendants edit
Numeral edit
eins
Pronoun edit
eins
References edit
- “eins”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press