eins

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See also: Eins and -eins

German

German cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : eins
    Ordinal : erste

Etymology

From eines, originally the neuter form of ein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aɪ̯ns]
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Numeral

eins

  1. one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
    die Nummer einsthe number one
    eins plus zweione plus two
    hundert und einsone hundred and one
    Absatz einsparagraph one
  2. (colloquial) one, one o'clock
    Es ist eins.It's one [o'clock].
    um einsat one
    nach einsafter one
    kurz vor einsshortly before one
    ab einsfrom one [o'clock]
    bis einsuntil one
    Es ist Punkt eins.It's one o'clock sharp
    halb eins(literally, half one) half past twelve

Usage notes

Eins is not used before a noun; for the article that does precede a noun, see ein.

Coordinate terms

Pronoun

eins

  1. Alternative form of eines: strong nominative/accusative neuter singular of einer
    Meine Schwester hat ein Fahrrad und ich will auch eins.
    My sister has a bike and I want one too.

Usage notes

Only this form is commonly heard in colloquial German. In formal writing, eins is also perfectly acceptable but somewhat less frequent than eines.

Adverb

eins

  1. (somewhat informal) only used in sich eins sein (“to agree”) and eins werden (“to arrive at an agreement”)
    Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden. – We couldn't agree on the price.

Synonyms

einig (more common)


Icelandic

Pronunciation

Adverb

eins

  1. alike

Derived terms

Conjunction

eins

  1. used in set phrases
    Hann er eins stór og þú.
    He is as big as you.

Derived terms

Numeral

eins

  1. genitive masculine singular of einn
  2. genitive neuter singular of einn