eins
Appearance
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]eins m pl (plural only)
German
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Cardinal: eins, (before a noun) ein Ordinal: erste Sequence adverb: erstens Ordinal abbreviation: 1. Adverbial: einmal Adverbial abbreviation: 1-mal Multiplier: einfach Multiplier abbreviation: 1-fach Fractional: Ganzes | ||||
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Etymology
[edit]From eines, originally the neuter form of ein. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *ainatō, the singular neuter form of Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]eins
- (cardinal number) one (numerical value represented by the Arabic numeral 1; first positive number in the set of natural numbers)
- die Nummer eins ― the number one
- eins plus zwei ― one plus two
- hundert und eins ― one hundred and one
- Absatz eins ― paragraph one
- (colloquial) one, one o'clock
- Es ist eins. ― It's one [o'clock].
- um eins ― at one
- nach eins ― after one
- kurz vor eins ― shortly before one
- ab eins ― from one [o'clock]
- bis eins ― until one
- Es ist Punkt eins. ― It's one o'clock sharp
- halb eins ― half past twelve (literally, “half one”)
Declension
[edit]- In adjectival use (that is, with a following noun):
Declension of ein | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | ein | eine | ein | – |
genitive | eines | einer | eines | – |
dative | einem | einer | einem | – |
accusative | einen | eine | ein | – |
- In substantival use (that is, without a following noun):
Declension of einer | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | einer | eine | eines eins |
– |
genitive | eines | einer | eines | – |
dative | einem | einer | einem | – |
accusative | einen | eine | eines eins |
– |
With the definite article (e.g. der eine):
Declension of eine | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | |
nominative | eine | eine | eine | einen |
genitive | einen | einen | einen | einen |
dative | einen | einen | einen | einen |
accusative | einen | eine | eine | einen |
Coordinate terms
[edit]German cardinal numbers from 0 to 99
German cardinal numbers from 100 onward
- 100: hundert, einhundert
- 103: tausend, eintausend
- 104: zehntausend (Myriade)
- 106: Million (tausendmaltausend, tausendtausend)
- 109: Milliarde
- 1012: Billion
- 1015: Billiarde
- 1018: Trillion
- 1021: Trilliarde
- 1024: Quadrillion
- 1027: Quadrilliarde
- 1030: Quintillion
- 1033: Quintilliarde
- 1036: Sextillion
- 1039: Sextilliarde
- 1042: Septillion
- 1045: Septilliarde
- 1048: Oktillion
- 1051: Oktilliarde
- 1054: Nonillion
- 1057: Nonilliarde
- 1060: Dezillion
- 1063: Dezilliarde
- 1066: Undezillion
- 1069: Undezilliarde
- 1072: Duodezillion
- 1075: Duodezilliarde
- 1078: Tredezillion
- 1081: Tredezilliarde
- 1084: Quattuordezillion
- 1087: Quattuordezilliarde
…
- 10100: Googol
…
- 10120: Vigintillion
- 10123: Vigintilliarde
…
Pronoun
[edit]eins
- Alternative form of eines: strong nominative/accusative neuter singular of einer
- Meine Schwester hat ein Fahrrad und ich will auch eins.
- My sister has a bike and I want one too.
Usage notes
[edit]Only this form is commonly heard in colloquial German. In formal writing, eins is also perfectly acceptable but somewhat less frequent than eines.
Adverb
[edit]eins
- (somewhat informal) only used in sich eins sein (“to agree”) and eins werden (“to arrive at an agreement”)
- Wir sind über den Preis nicht eins geworden. ― We couldn't agree on the price.
Synonyms
[edit]- einig (more common)
Further reading
[edit]- “eins” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “eins” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “eins” in Duden online
- eins on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]eins
Derived terms
[edit]- alveg eins (“exactly alike, identical”)
- eins og (“similar to, identical to”)
- undir eins (“immediately”)
- falla eins og flís við rass
Conjunction
[edit]eins
- equally; as
- Ég ætla að lesa eins hratt og ég get. ― I'm going to read as fast as I can.
- Ég hef aldrei keyrt eins mikið. ― I have never driven that much.
Usage notes
[edit]Used with og (“and”) when comparing with something else ("eins mikið og það" ― as much as that).
Derived terms
[edit]- eins gott (“you better!”)
Numeral
[edit]eins
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Norse eins, genitive of einn, where it also was an adverb.
Adjective
[edit]eins (singular and plural eins)
Derived terms
[edit]Determiner
[edit]eins
- one's; possessive of ein
References
[edit]- “eins” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inflected form of einn.
Adverb
[edit]eins
Descendants
[edit]Numeral
[edit]eins
Pronoun
[edit]eins
References
[edit]- “eins”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Anagrams
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