ours

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. That or those belonging to us.
  2. That or those belonging to us.
  3. That or those belonging to any entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
  4. That or those belonging to people in general.
  5. (colloquial) That or those belonging to everyone being addressed.
  6. (colloquial) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
  7. (colloquial) Used to imply connection between the speaker's experiences or activities and a group of listeners.
  8. (informal) Our house or home.

Konzepte

Synonyme

for us

our own

somebody’s

to us

one’s

someone’s

at us

Übersetzungen

het onze

il nostro

de onze

la nostra

el nuestro

δικός μας

lo nuestro

Frequenz

B1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈaʊəz/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English oures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to our + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced ourn (from Middle English ouren) in standard speech.

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