you
Betekenis (English)
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- The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
- (colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
- The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
- The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
- The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
- (colloquial) A person's favorite sports team.
- Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
Synonyms
second person pronoun
y’all
to you
𐑏
not specific
at you
all of you
what a
to yourselves
your father
your honor
your place
two persons
you ladies
your beautiful home
you both
2 sg
2 pl.
second person sg. pronoun
you pl.
he is
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/juː/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *jīz), Western form of *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yūs (“you”, plural), *yū́. Cognate with Scots you (“you”), Saterland Frisian jou (“you”), West Frisian jo (“you”), Low German jo, joe and oe (“you”), Dutch jou and u (“you”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin vōs (“you”), Avestan 𐬬𐬋 (vō, “you”), Ashkun yë̃́ (“you”), Kamkata-viri šó (“you”), Sanskrit यूयम् (yūyám, “you”) See usage notes. Ye, you and your are cognate with Dutch jij/je, jou, jouw; Low German ji, jo/ju, jug and German ihr, euch and euer respectively. Ye is also cognate with Danish I and archaic Swedish I.
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