you

Meaning

Pron

1. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
2. (US, colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, reflexive, second-person, singular) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
3. (nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
4. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular, subjective) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
5. (nominative, objective, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular, subjective) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
6. (colloquial, nominative, objective, plural, second-person, singular) A person's favorite sports team.
7. (indefinite, nominative, objective, personal, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
8. (indefinite, nominative, objective, personal, plural, pronoun, second-person, singular) A dummy pronoun used in certain constructions, usually with verbs of receiving (such as get or find) or sensing (such as see or hear), typically stating the existence or typicality of something.

Det

1. The individual or group spoken or written to.
2. Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.

Verb

To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

Noun

The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.

Synonyms

thou

your

thee

second person pronoun

you all

ye

yourself

y’all

one

they

yours

we

to you

he

👨

you guys

she

👩

I

thy

𐑏

not specific

at you

Your Excellency

us

🇺🇸

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

all of you

second-person plural

them

weak

what a

Your Highness

Your Majesty

yourselves

I am

it

🇮🇹

to yourselves

your father

your honor

your place

two persons

you ladies

your beautiful home

SG

you both

you gals

2 sg

2 pl.

second person sg. pronoun

yer

second-person singular

you pl.

Translations

vous

tu

Sie

du

tu

tú

jij

usted

ustedes

voi

ihr

vosotros

jullie

toi

je

Pronounced as (IPA)

/juː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: you

Inherited from Old English: ēow

Cognate with Scots: you

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: jou

Cognate with Western Frisian: jo

Cognate with Low German: jo

Cognate with Dutch: jou

Cognate with Middle High German: eu

Cognate with Latin: vōs

Cognate with Avestan: 𐬬𐬋

Cognate with Ashkun: yë̃́

Cognate with Kati: šó

Cognate with Sanskrit: यूयम्

Cognate with Dutch: jij

Cognate with Low German: ji

Cognate with German: ihr

Cognate with Danish: I

Cognate with Swedish: I

In summary

From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-West Germanic *iwwi (“you”, dative case of *jiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *jīz), the Western form of Proto-Germanic *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“you”, plural).
Cognate with Scots you (“you”), Saterland Frisian jou (“you”), West Frisian jo (“you”), Low German jo, joe and oe (“you”), Dutch jou and u (“you”), German euch (“you”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin vōs (“you”), Avestan 𐬬𐬋 (vō, “you”), Ashkun yë̃ (“you”), Kamkata-viri šo (“you”), Sanskrit यूयम् (yūyám, “you”).
See usage notes. Ye, you and your are cognate with Dutch jij/je, jou, jouw; Low German ji, jo/ju, jug and German ihr, euch and euer respectively. Ye is also cognate with Danish I and archaic Swedish I.

Sentences

Do you like it ?

Now what do you say ?

Then why are you doing it ?

What were you when you came here five years ago ?

" How did you learn to read ?" the girl asked at one point .

Don’t you understand me ?