See also: Eins and -eins

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Verlan form of sein.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃s/
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NounEdit

eins m pl (plural only)

  1. (verlan, slang) tits, boobs

GermanEdit

German numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    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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EtymologyEdit

From eines, originally the neuter form of ein. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainatō, the singular neuter form of Proto-Germanic *ainaz (one).

PronunciationEdit

NumeralEdit

eins

  1. (cardinal number) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
    die Nummer einsthe number one
    eins plus zweione plus two
    hundert und einsone hundred and one
    Absatz einsparagraph one
  2. (colloquial) one, one o'clock
    Es ist eins.It's one [o'clock].
    um einsat one
    nach einsafter one
    kurz vor einsshortly before one
    ab einsfrom one [o'clock]
    bis einsuntil one
    Es ist Punkt eins.It's one o'clock sharp
    halb einshalf past twelve (literally, “half one”)

Usage notesEdit

Eins is not used before a noun; for the article that does precede a noun, see ein.

Coordinate termsEdit

PronounEdit

eins

  1. 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 notesEdit

Only this form is commonly heard in colloquial German. In formal writing, eins is also perfectly acceptable but somewhat less frequent than eines.

AdverbEdit

eins

  1. (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.

SynonymsEdit

einig (more common)

Further readingEdit

  • eins” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • eins” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • eins” in Duden online
  •   eins on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdverbEdit

eins

  1. alike, identical

Derived termsEdit

ConjunctionEdit

eins

  1. 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 notesEdit

Used with og (and) when comparing with something else ("eins mikið og það" ― as much as that).

Derived termsEdit

NumeralEdit

eins

  1. genitive masculine singular of einn
  2. genitive neuter singular of einn

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse eins, genitive of einn, where it also was an adverb.

AdjectiveEdit

eins (singular and plural eins)

  1. same, alike
  2. agreed

Derived termsEdit

DeterminerEdit

eins

  1. one's; possessive of ein

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inflected form of einn.

AdverbEdit

eins

  1. alike, in the same way

DescendantsEdit

  • Icelandic: eins
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eins

NumeralEdit

eins

  1. masculine genitive singular of einn
  2. neuter genitive singular of einn

PronounEdit

eins

  1. strong masculine genitive singular of einn
  2. strong neuter genitive singular of einn

ReferencesEdit

  • eins”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

AnagramsEdit