different between uns vs und

English

Alternative forms

• 'uns

Noun

uns

1. plural of un

Anagrams

• NUS, Sun, Sun., USN, sun

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?n?s, accusative masculine plural of ?nus.

Pronunciation

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

Article

uns m pl

1. masculine plural of un

Noun

uns

1. plural of un

French

Etymology

From Latin ?n?s, accusative masculine plural of ?nus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -œ?

Noun

uns ?

1. plural of un

Anagrams

• nus

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ?n?s, accusative masculine plural of ?nus.

Pronunciation

Article

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

1. (indefinite) some

German

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ns/

Pronoun

uns

1. accusative/dative of wir: us

See also

• wir
• unser
• unserige, unsrige

Further reading

• “uns” in Duden online

Gothic

Romanization

uns

1. Romanization of ????????????

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uns/

Pronoun

uns

1. accusative/dative of meer

Inflection

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse unz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ns

Conjunction

uns

1. until

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon ?s, from Proto-Germanic *uns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ns/

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:

Possesive pronoun:

Alternative forms

• ûs

Descendants

• German Low German: uns

Old French

Article

uns

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

Declension

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German uns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ns/

Pronoun

uns

1. us
2. to us

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ?n?s, accusative masculine plural of ?nus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?s/
• Hyphenation: uns

Article

uns

1. masculine plural of um

See also

Noun

uns

1. plural of 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

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of unge.

Adjective

uns m or n (feminine singular uns?, masculine plural un?i, feminine and neuter plural unse)

1. covered with a fatty substance
2. anointed

Declension

Swedish

Noun

uns n

1. an ounce (31 grams)

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

2. very little, a tiny bit

Declension

References

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

English

Alternative forms

• vnd (alternative typography) [16^th C.]

Etymology

From Middle English unde (“a wave”), from either the Old French unde or Latin unda (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nd/
• Rhymes: -?nd

Noun

und (plural unds)

1. (obsolete, rare) A wave.
2. (heraldry) A billow- or wave-like marking.

Related terms

References

• OED (2nd ed., 1989), “†und”

Anagrams

• DNU, Dun, dun

Estonian

Noun

und

1. partitive singular of uni

German

Alternative forms

• unt, vnd, vnnd, unnd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German unde, from Old High German unti, from Proto-Germanic *andi *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h?énti. Compare Dutch en, English and, Danish end.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nt/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /?n/ (colloquially among many speakers)

Conjunction

und

1. (co-ordinating) and
   • 1904, Rudolf Eisler, Wörterbuch der philosophischen Begriffe, Berlin, volume 1, sub verbo Ich, page 446-457:

     "Das »Ich = Ich« ist die ursprünglichste Erkenntnis, die Urquelle alles Denkens [..], es bedeutet »erstens die rein logische Identität von Subject und Object im Acte des reinen Selbstbewußtseins, zweitens die reale metaphysische Identität des setzenden absoluten Ich und des gesetzten begrenzten Ich, und drittens die zeitliche Identität des Ich in zwei rasch aufeinander folgenden Zeitpunkten« [...]."

2. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them

Usage notes

As seen in the second example, commas are never used before und in enumerations, even where English punctuation requires this. However, commas are used before und in certain complex sentence constructions.

Interjection

und

1. so?, now?, and?

Further reading

• “und” in Duden online
• “und” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) , “und”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Gothic

Romanization

und

1. Romanization of ????????????

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• unjad

Etymology

un +? -d

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?und]
• Hyphenation: und
• Rhymes: -und
• Homophone: Und

Verb

und

1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of un

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nt/

  Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Old Norse und, from Proto-Germanic *wund?.

Noun

und f (genitive singular undar, nominative plural undir)

1. (poetic) wound

Declension

Synonyms

• (wound): sár

Etymology 2

Apocopated form of undir.

Preposition

und

1. (poetic) under

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Shortened form of undir

Preposition

und

1. under

Derived terms

• unz

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *wund? (“wound”).

Noun

und f (genitive undar, plural undir)

1. (poetic) wound

Declension

Related terms

• unda (“to wound”) (undaðr (“wounded”))

Descendants

• Icelandic: und
• Old Swedish: und
• Danish: vunde (influenced by Low German)

References

• und in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Saxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /und/

Preposition

und (with accusative)

1. until

Conjunction

und

1. until