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See also: Uns, UNS, and 'uns

English

Noun

uns

  1. plural of un

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

Article

uns m pl

  1. masculine plural of un

Noun

uns

  1. plural of un

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /œ̃/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -œ

Noun

uns m

  1. plural of un
    Ils se sont soutenus les uns les autres.
    They supported each other.

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

Article

uns m pl (masculine singular un, feminine singular unha, feminine plural unhas)

  1. (indefinite) some

Further reading

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

uns

  1. accusative/dative of wir: us
  2. reflexive pronoun of wir

See also

Further reading

  • “uns” in Duden online
  • “uns” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gothic

Romanization

uns

  1. Romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐍃

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Pronoun

uns

  1. accusative/dative of meer

Inflection

Hunsrik personal pronouns
nominative accusative dative
Proclitic Enclitic str. unstr. str. unstr.
1st person singular ich

eich

-ich mich

meich

meer mer

m'r

2nd person singular
(informal) 		du

dau/Dau

-du, -de

-Dau, -De

dich

deich/Deich

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

ehr

re
3rd person singular (n.) es; das

et, 't

's es

et

-et, -'t

ihm em
1st person plural meer mer uns

uhs

2nd person plural deer

Ehr, Dehr

der eich

Auch

3rd person plural sie; die -se sie se denne

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse unz.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

uns

  1. until

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon ūs, from Proto-Germanic *uns.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

uns

  1. (personal pronoun, first person, in the plural, accusative) us
  2. (personal pronoun, first person, in the plural, dative) us
  3. (possessive, first person, in the plural) our

Declension

Personal pronoun:

Middle Low German personal pronouns
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.

Possessive pronoun:

Declension of uns
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

Descendants

  • German Low German: uns

Old French

Article

uns

  1. some (masculine oblique plural indefinite article)
  2. a, an (masculine nominative singular indefinite article)

Declension

Old French indefinite articles
Case masculine feminine
singular subject uns une
oblique un une
plural subject un unes
oblique uns unes

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German uns.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

uns

  1. accusative/dative of mir: us, to us

Declension

Pennsylvania German personal pronouns
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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: uns

Article

uns

  1. masculine plural of um

See also

Portuguese articles (edit)
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine
Definite articles
(the) 		o a os as
Indefinite articles
(a, an; some) 		um uma uns umas

Noun

uns

  1. plural of um

Pronoun

uns

  1. plural of um

Adverb

uns

  1. about, some (indicating an approximate amount)
    Esse prédio tem uns vinte metros de altura ― That building is about twenty meters tall

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of unge.

Adjective

uns m or n (feminine singular unsă, masculine plural unși, feminine and neuter plural unse)

  1. covered with a fatty substance
  2. anointed

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite uns unsă unși unse
definite unsul unsa unșii unsele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite uns unse unși unse
definite unsului unsei unșilor unselor

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin uncia (“twelfth”), via either Danish unse, Middle Low German unse, German Unze, or French once.

Noun

uns n

  1. an ounce (31 grams)
    1 lödig mark = 8 uns = 16 lod = 64 kvintin
  2. 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
nominative genitive
singular indefinite uns uns
definite unset unsets
plural indefinite uns uns
definite unsen unsens

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia