u

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Pron

1. (formal, personal, second-person, singular, subjective) you (polite)
2. (formal, objective, personal, second-person, singular) you (polite)
3. (objective, personal, second-person, singular) thee (dialectal)
4. (formal, personal, plural, second-person, subjective) you (polite)
5. (formal, objective, personal, plural, second-person) you (polite)
6. (formal, pronoun, reflexive, second-person, singular) yourself (polite)
7. (formal, plural, pronoun, reflexive, second-person) yourselves (polite)
8. (pronoun, reflexive, second-person, singular) thyself (dialectal)
9. (plural, pronoun, reflexive, second-person) yourselves (dialectal)

Character

The twenty-first letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Konzepte

Sie

ihr

euch

Ihnen

du

Std.

Ihr

man

1️⃣

euer

ihnen

dich

sie

👩

Du

Synonyme

jullie

je

jij

gij

ge

afhelpen

me

mij

ons

🇺🇸

zich

gijle

gijlie

U

jullie u

jou

gulder

men

1️⃣

gijlieden

Übersetzungen

you

vous

vosotros

ustedes

voi

usted

Lei

vosotras

εσείς

vos

tu

você

siz

tu

tu

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/y/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelniederländisch: u

Geerbt von Old Dutch: iu

Verwandt mit Afrikaans: ons

Verwandt mit Westfriesisch: jo

Verwandt mit Niederdeutsch: jo

Verwandt mit Englisch: you

Verwandt mit Deutsch: euch

In summary

Originally the dative and accusative form of jij/gij, from Middle Dutch u, from Old Dutch iu, from Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, West Germanic variant of *izwiz, dative/accusative of *jūz, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. Doublet of jou.
The use as a nominative form is linked to the polite address uwe edelheid (“your nobility, your gentility”), which was shortened to U E. in writing and at times accordingly pronounced /yˈ(w)eː/. It is debated, however, whether this was the actual cause of the development or whether it merely reinforced it. Compare English you, which was originally an object form, as well as Afrikaans ons and nonstandard Dutch hun.
Cognate with West Frisian jo, Low German jo, ju, English you, German euch.