uns

See also: Uns, UNS, and 'uns

English

Alternative forms

• 'uns

Noun

uns

1. plural of un

Anagrams

• NUS, Sun, Sun., USN, sun

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈuns/

Article

uns m pl

1. masculine plural of un

Noun

uns

1. plural of un

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French

Etymology

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Noun

uns ?

1. plural of un

   Ils se sont soutenus les uns les autres.

   They supported each other.

Anagrams

• nus

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Article

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

1. (indefinite) some

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German

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• audio

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Pronoun

uns

1. accusative and dative of wir: us

See also

• wir
• unser
• unserige, unsrige

Further reading

• uns in Duden online

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Gothic

Romanization

uns

1. Romanization of 𐌿𐌽𐍃

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse unz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʏns

Conjunction

uns

1. until

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Middle Low German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊns/

Pronoun

uns

1. (personal pronoun, first person, plural, accusative) us
2. (personal pronoun, first person, plural, dative) us
3. (possessive, first person, plural) our

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)	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.

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Old French

Article

uns

1. some (masculine oblique plural indefinite article)
2. a, an (masculine nominative singular indefinite article)

Declension

Old French indefinite articles

Declension of the indefinite article un

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
nominative	uns	une	un	unes
oblique	un	une	uns	unes

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈũʃ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈũs/
• Hyphenation: uns

Article

uns m pl

1. Masculine plural of article um.
   • 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Rocco, 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, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 130:

     Hagrid só se atrasou uns minutinhos — comentou Hermione.

     Hagrid is only a few minutes late — Hermione commented.

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 noun um.

Pronoun

uns

1. plural of um

Adverb

uns (comparative mais uns superlative o mais uns)

1. about, some (indicating an approximate amount)

   Esse prédio tem uns vinte metros de altura - That building is about twenty meters tall

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Swedish

Noun

uns n

1. an ounce (31 grams)

   1 lödig mark = 8 uns = 16 lod = 64 kvintin

2. very little, a tiny bit

   Den som har ett uns förstånd hade kunnat räknat ut det.

   Anyone with the slightest intelligence could have foreseen this.

Declension

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

References

• Uns in Nordisk familjebok (2nd ed., 1920)