uns
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
uns
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
uns m pl
NounEdit
uns
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
uns ?
AnagramsEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
PronunciationEdit
ArticleEdit
uns m pl (masculine singular un, feminine singular unha, feminine plural unhas)
- (indefinite) some
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
uns
- accusative/dative of wir: us
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
uns
- Romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐍃
HunsrikEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
uns
- accusative/dative of meer
InflectionEdit
nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
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Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
1st person singular | ich | -ich | mich | meer | mer | |
2nd person singular (informal) |
du | -du, -de | dich | deer | der | |
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 | ihm | em | |
1st person plural | meer | mer | uns | |||
2nd person plural | deer | der | eich | |||
3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne |
Further readingEdit
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ʏns
ConjunctionEdit
uns
Middle Low GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Saxon ūs, from Proto-Germanic *uns.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
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
DeclensionEdit
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. |
Possesive 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. |
Alternative formsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- German Low German: uns
Old FrenchEdit
ArticleEdit
uns
- some (masculine oblique plural indefinite article)
- a, an (masculine nominative singular indefinite article)
DeclensionEdit
Pennsylvania GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
uns
DeclensionEdit
Nominative | Accusative | Dative | |
---|---|---|---|
1st - Singular | ich | mich | mir mer (unstressed) |
2nd - Singular | du de (unstressed) |
dich | dir der (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Masculine | er | ihn en (unstressed) |
ihm em (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Feminine | sie se (unstressed) |
sie se (unstressed) |
ihre re (unstressed) |
3rd - Singular Neuter | es | es | ihm em (unstressed) |
1st - Plural | mir mer (unstressed) |
uns | uns |
2nd - Plural | dihr der (unstressed) |
eich | eich |
3rd - Plural | sie | sie | ihne ne (unstressed) |
2nd - Polite | Sie | Sie | Ihne Ne (unstressed) |
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: uns
ArticleEdit
uns
- masculine plural of um
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, 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, 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 alsoEdit
Portuguese articles (edit) | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | |
Definite articles (the) |
o | a | os | as |
Indefinite articles (a, an; some) |
um | uma | uns | umas |
NounEdit
uns
PronounEdit
uns
AdverbEdit
uns (comparative mais uns superlative o mais uns)
- about, some (indicating an approximate amount)
- Esse prédio tem uns vinte metros de altura - That building is about twenty meters tall
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Past participle of unge.
AdjectiveEdit
uns m or n (feminine singular unsă, masculine plural unși, feminine and neuter plural unse)
DeclensionEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin uncia (“twelfth”), via either Danish unse, Middle Low German unse, German Unze, or French once.
NounEdit
uns n
- an ounce (31 grams)
- 1 lödig mark = 8 uns = 16 lod = 64 kvintin
- very little, a tiny bit
- Den som har ett uns förstånd hade kunnat räknat ut det.
- Anyone with the slightest intelligence could have foreseen this.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of uns | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | uns | unset | uns | unsen |
Genitive | uns | unsets | uns | unsens |
ReferencesEdit
- Uns in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1920)
- uns in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Further readingEdit
- uns in Svensk ordbok.