uns

See also: Uns, UNS, and 'uns

English

Noun

uns

1. plural of un

Anagrams

• NUS, Sun, Sun., USN, sun

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [uns]

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:

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• Rhymes: -œ

Noun

uns m

1. plural of un

   Ils se sont soutenus les uns les autres.

   They supported each other.

Anagrams

• nus

Galician

Alternative forms

• unhos, us

Etymology

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuns/
• Rhymes: -uns
• Hyphenation: uns

Article

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

1. (indefinite) some

See also

Galician articles

	Singular		Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Masculine	Feminine
Definite articles (the)	o	a	os	as
Indefinite articles (a, an, some)	un	unha	uns	unhas

Further reading

• “un”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

German

Alternative forms

• Uns (pluralis majestatis)
• unns, vnns, vns (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊns/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio:

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Pronoun

uns

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

Declension

German personal pronouns

	singular					plural			sing. and pl.
	1st person	2nd person familiar1	3rd person			1st person	2nd person familiar1	3rd person	2nd person polite/formal
			m	f	n
nominative	ich	du -e2	er	sie -se2	es	wir	ihr	sie -se2	Sie Ihr3
genitive	meiner mein3	deiner dein3	seiner sein3	ihrer	seiner sein3	unser	euer	ihrer	Ihrer Euer3
dative	mir	dir	ihm	ihr	ihm	uns	euch	ihnen	Ihnen Euch3
accusative	mich	dich	ihn	sie -se2	es	uns	euch	sie -se2	Sie Euch3

¹These forms are sometimes capitalized, especially in letters.    ²enclitic, colloquial    ³archaic

• The genitive case unser is used more and more rarely in modern German.
• While the genitive of a personal pronoun does express ownership, it must not be confused with a possessive pronoun. While possessive pronouns such as unser are put in front of the noun they relate to and follow the inflection rules of adjectives, the genitive form of a personal pronoun has only one form, which is not further inflected. Additionally, personal pronouns in the genitive can be put after the word they relate to.

See also

• wir
• unser
• unserige, unsrige

Further reading

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

Gothic

Romanization

uns

1. romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐍃

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uns/

Pronoun

uns

1. accusative/dative of meer

Inflection

Hunsrik personal pronouns

			nominative		accusative		dative
			proclitic	enclitic	stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
singular	1st person		ich eich	-ich	mich meich		meer	mer m'r
	2nd person (informal)		du dau/Dau	-du, -de -Dau, -De	dich deich/Deich		deer	der d'r/D'r
	3rd person	m	er; där	-er	ihn	en	ihm	em
		f	sie; die	-se	sie / ihns	se	eer ehr	re
		n	es; das et, 't	's	es et	-et, -'t	ihm	em
plural	1st person		meer	mer	uns uhs
	2nd person		deer Ehr, Dehr	der	eich Auch
	3rd person		sie; die	-se	sie	se	denne

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “uns”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse unz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏns

Conjunction

uns

1. until

Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊns/

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
singular	1st person		ik (ek)	mî (mê, mik, mek)		mîn (mîner)
	2nd person		dû	dî (dê, dik, dek)		dîn (dîner)
	3rd person	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)
plural	1st person		wî (wê, wie)	uns (ûs, ös, ü̂sik)		unser (ûser)
	2nd person		gî (jê, î)	jû (jûwe, û, jük, gik)		jûwer (ûwer)
	3rd person		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

	singular			plural
	masculine	neuter	feminine
	Strong declension
nominative	uns			unse
accusative	unsen	uns	unse
dative	unsem(e) (unsennote)		unser(e)	unsen
genitive	unses			unser(e)
	Weak declension
nominative	unse			unsen
accusative	unsen	unse	unsen
dative	unsen
genitive

The longer forms become rarer in the course of the period.

Alternative forms

• ûs

Descendants

• Low German: uns
  • German Low German: uns, ons, us, os

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

• IPA^(key): /ʊns/

Pronoun

uns

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

Declension

Pennsylvania German personal pronouns

Number	singular						plural
Person/ Gender	1st	2nd person		3rd person			1st	2nd	3rd
		familiar	polite/formal	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

¹ unstressed

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ũʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũʃ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: uns

Article

uns

1. masculine plural of um
   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, 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, translated by Lia Wyler, 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

Portuguese articles

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
definite article (the)	o	a	os	as
indefinite article (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

Further reading

• “uns”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of unge.

Adjective

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

1. covered with a fatty substance
2. anointed

Declension

Declension of uns

		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

• 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)