ons
ons - English
Verb
ons
- (Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, transitive, colloquial)
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of on
Anagrams
ons - Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔns/, [ɔ̃s]
Pronoun
ons
Alternative forms
- onse (archaic)
Determiner
ons
Noun
ons
- ounce (unit of measurement)
ons - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɔns/
Pronoun
ons (personal)
Descendants
Determiner
ons (dependent possessive, independent possessive onze, inflected form onze)
- our (neuter)
- Geef ons heden ons dagelijks brood. ― Give us our daily bread
Usage notes
Only used with singular neuter nouns in dependent clauses; onze is used in all other situations as an independent possessive as well as with male and female nouns.
Inflection
subject | object | possessive | reflexive | genitive5 | |||||
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singular | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | full | unstr. | pred. | ||
1st person | ik | 'k1 | mij | me | mijn | m'n1 | mijne | me | mijner, mijns |
2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer, jouws |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | haar | h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 | hare | zich | harer, haars |
3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner, zijns |
plural | |||||||||
1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons, onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer, onzes |
2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer, uws |
2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | zich | uwer, uws |
3rd person | zij | ze | hen3, hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner, huns |
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). | 5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural. |
Noun
ons n (plural onsen or onzen, diminutive onsje n)
- metric ounce (100 grams)
Usage notes
Prior to the law of 1820 that introduced the metric system in what then united both the Netherlands and Belgium a variety of measures ranging around ca 30 grams were known by this name. The law of 1820 attributed the name to the hectogram of 100 grams. In 1937 the IJkwet of the Netherlands officially abolished the term, but it is still commonly used.
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Caribbean Javanese: os
- → Papiamentu: òns
ons - Middle Dutch
Pronoun
ons
- accusative/dative of wi
Descendants
ons - Middle English
Adverb
ons
- Alternative form of ones
ons - Swedish
Noun
ons
- indefinite genitive plural of o.
Anagrams
ons - Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈons/
- Hyphenation: ons
Noun
ons (definite accusative onsu, plural onslar)
ons - Volapük
Pronoun
ons