uns

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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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes:

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

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

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:

Possesive pronoun:

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

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German uns.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

uns

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

Declension

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 alturaThat 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

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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative uns unset uns unsen
Genitive uns unsets uns unsens

Further reading