uns
Catalan
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /œ̃/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -œ
Anagrams
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuŋs/
Further reading
- “un”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊns/
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Gothic
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uns/
Inflection
Hunsrik personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proclitic | Enclitic | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | |
| 1st person singular | ich | -ich | mich
meich |
meer | mer
m'r | |
| 2nd person singular (informal) |
du | -du, -de
-Dau, -De |
dich | 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 | re |
| 3rd person singular (n.) | es; das | 's | es |
-et, -'t |
ihm | em |
| 1st person plural | meer | mer | uns | |||
| 2nd person plural | deer
Ehr, Dehr |
der | eich | |||
| 3rd person plural | sie; die | -se | sie | se | denne | |
Further reading
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxon ūs, from Proto-Germanic *uns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊns/
Pronoun
uns
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. | |||||
Possesive 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
Pennsylvania German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʊns/
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 | ||
1unstressed
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ũs/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ũʃ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ũʃ/
- Hyphenation: uns
Article
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.
Romanian
Etymology
Past participle of unge.
Adjective
uns m or n (feminine singular unsă, masculine plural unși, feminine and neuter plural unse)
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin uncia (“twelfth”), via either Danish unse, Middle Low German unse, German Unze, or French once.
Noun
uns n
Declension
| Declension of uns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | uns | unset | uns | unsen |
| Genitive | uns | unsets | uns | unsens |
Further reading
- 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)
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