we

Betekenis (Engels)

Pron

1. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
2. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
3. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
4. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
5. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) People in general.
6. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) The sovereign alone in his or her capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
7. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Everyone being addressed.
8. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) An individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. (Sometimes called the nurse's we or the doctor's we.)
9. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun, uncommon) Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
10. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
11. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
12. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.
13. (West-Country, archaic, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Us.
14. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) The side which is keeping score.

Det

Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people.

Concepten

wij

we

ons

🇺🇸

vEi

mE

men

1️⃣

vaEl3

wij

v3

Tegenovergesteld aan

they

Synoniemen

us

🇺🇸

our

ourselves

you and me

you

I

all of us

you and I

me

ours

dual

my

nominative

they

let us go

our side

our shop

this family

my store

my shop

we all

they, etc. met each other

1 pl.

1 pl. inc.

1 pl. excl.

incl

me and them

and

but

exclusive

family

👪

he

👨

inclusive

locative

one

pals

somebody

someone

them

Vertalingen

nous

wir

nosotros

noi

nosotras

nós

εμείς

noialtri

nosaltres

biz

nos

em

nōs

نحن

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/wiː/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: we

Overgenomen van Oudengels: wē

Verwant aan Schots: wee

Verwant aan Noord-Fries: we

Verwant aan Fries: wy

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: wi

Verwant aan Nederlands: we

Verwant aan Duits: wir

Verwant aan Deens: -

Verwant aan Zweeds: -

Verwant aan Noors: vi

Verwant aan IJslands: vér

Verwant aan Avestisch: 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨

Verwant aan Sanskriet: वयम्

In summary

From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Sanskrit वयम् (vayám).

Zinnen

We shall do it in time .

We zullen het op tijd doen.

I really liked the film we saw last week .

Ik hield echt van de film die we vorige week zagen.

All we have to do is change the payment .

Het enige dat we hoeven te doen is de betaling wijzigen.

We met Alexander and the bar and had a great time last night .

We hebben Alexander en de bar ontmoet en hebben gisteravond een geweldige tijd gehad.

We wiped the board .

We hebben het bord geveegd.

We used all your imagination to design the place .

We hebben al je verbeelding gebruikt om de plaats te ontwerpen.