eins
German
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Cardinal : eins Ordinal : erste | ||
Etymology
From eines, originally the neuter form of ein.
Pronunciation
Numeral
eins
- one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
- die Nummer eins ― the number one
- eins plus zwei ― one plus two
- hundert und eins ― one hundred and one
- Absatz eins ― paragraph one
- (colloquial) one, one o'clock
- Es ist eins. ― It's one [o'clock].
- um eins ― at one
- nach eins ― after one
- kurz vor eins ― shortly before one
- ab eins ― from one [o'clock]
- bis eins ― until 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
German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
German cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundert, einhundert
- 103: tausend, eintausend
- 104: zehntausend (Myriade)
- 106: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
- 109: Milliarde
- 1012: Billion
- 1015: Billiarde
- 1018: Trillion
- 1021: Trilliarde
- 1024: Quadrillion
- 1027: Quadrilliarde
- 1030: Quintillion
- 1033: Quintilliarde
- 1036: Sextillion
- 1039: Sextilliarde
- 1042: Septillion
- 1045: Septilliarde
- 1048: Oktillion
- 1051: Oktilliarde
- 1054: Nonillion
- 1057: Nonilliarde
- 1060: Dezillion
- 1063: Dezilliarde
- 1066: Undezillion
- 1069: Undezilliarde
- 1072: Duodezillion
- 1075: Duodezilliarde
- 1078: Tredezillion
- 1081: Tredezilliarde
- 1084: Quattuordezillion
- 1087: Quattuordezilliarde
…
- 10100: Googol
…
- 10120: Vigintillion
- 10123: Vigintilliarde
…
Pronoun
eins
- 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
- (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
- Rhymes: -eins
Adverb
eins
Derived terms
- alveg eins (exactly alike, identical)
- undir eins (immediately)
Conjunction
eins
- used in set phrases
- Hann er eins stór og þú.
- He is as big as you.
- Hann er eins stór og þú.
Derived terms
- alveg eins og (exactly as)
- eins og
- eins...og (as...as)
- falla eins og flís við rass
declension of eins
Numeral
eins
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