yours

(Engels)

  1. That or those belonging to you; the possessive second-person singular pronoun used without a following noun.
  2. (informal) Your house or home.
  3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

Frequentie

A1
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/jɔː(ɹ)z/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English youres, ȝoures, attested since the 1300s. Equivalent to your + -s (compare -'s); formed by analogy to his. Displaced yourn in standard speech.

Related words

de jouwe

het jouwe

de uwe

die van jullie

van jou

van jullie

het uwe

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