us

Betekenis

Pron

1. Me and at least one other person; the objective case of we.
2. (colloquial) Me.
3. Our.
4. Me (in all contexts).

Det

The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and at least one other person.

Symbol

Alternative spelling of µs: microsecond

Noun

Alternative form of u's.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ʌs/

Etymologie

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé
Proto-Germanic *uns
Old English ūs
Middle English us
English us
From Middle English us, from Old English ūs (“us”, dative personal pronoun), from Proto-Germanic *uns (“us”), from Proto-Indo-European *ne-, *nō-, *n-ge-, *n̥smé (“us”). The compensatory lengthening was lost in Middle English due to the word being unstressed while being used. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uus (“us”), West Frisian us, ús (“us”), Low German us (“us”), Dutch ons (“us”), German uns (“us”), Danish os (“us”), Latin nōs (“we, us”).

Zinnen

My daughter , you want to prevent us from working ?

Mijn dochter, wil je voorkomen dat we werken?

Turn out the lantern which gives us light .

Breek de lantaarn die ons licht geeft.