uns
English edit
Noun edit
uns
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
uns m pl
Noun edit
uns
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
uns m
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
Pronunciation edit
Article edit
uns m pl (masculine singular un, feminine singular unha, feminine plural unhas)
Further reading edit
- “un” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
uns
- accusative/dative of wir: us
See also edit
Further reading edit
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
uns
- Romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐍃
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
uns
- accusative/dative of meer
Inflection edit
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 reading edit
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ʏns
Conjunction edit
uns
Middle Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Old Saxon ūs, from Proto-Germanic *uns.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
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 edit
Personal pronoun:
nominative | accusative | dative | genitive | ||
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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 forms edit
Descendants edit
- German Low German: uns
Old French edit
Article edit
uns
- some (masculine oblique plural indefinite article)
- a, an (masculine nominative singular indefinite article)
Declension edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
uns
- accusative/dative of mir: us, to us
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||||
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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 |
1unstressed
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: uns
Article edit
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 also edit
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 |
Noun edit
uns
Pronoun edit
uns
Adverb edit
uns
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of unge.
Adjective edit
uns m or n (feminine singular unsă, masculine plural unși, feminine and neuter plural unse)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin uncia (“twelfth”), via either Danish unse, Middle Low German unse, German Unze, or French once.
Noun edit
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 edit
Declension of uns | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | uns | unset | uns | unsen |
Genitive | uns | unsets | uns | unsens |
Further reading edit
- 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)